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Changing Course? A Critical Analysis of South Korea’s
Parliamentary Election Results
April 16, 2012 Gi-Wook Shin
WALTERH.SHORENSTEINASIA‐PACIFICRESEARCHCENTERATSTANFORD
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The 19th National Assembly of Korea
300 members
Saenuri (152) Democratic United (127) Unified Progressive (13)
Liberty Forward (5) Independents (3)
Political Group
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Framing of Key Issues
SAENURIPARTY
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KORUS FTA & Jeju Naval Base Issues
SAENURIPARTY
UNIFIEDPROGRESSIVEPARTY
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Member Turnover Rate
17th 18th 19th
Total # of seats 299 (100%) 299 (100%) 300 (100%)
First-time members 187 (62.5%) 133 (44.5%) 148 (49.3%)
Member Turnover Rate
223 (72.7%) 161 (53.8%) 184 (62%)
148 (49.3 %) 70 (23.3%)
50 (16.7%)
19 (6.3%)
9 (3.0%)
1 (0.3%)
3 (1.0%)
1st (term) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
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Ideology and parties Constituency votes % PR block votes %
New Frontier Party Saenuri-dang 9,324,911 43.3% 9,129,226 42.8%
Liberty Forward Party Jayu Seonjin-dang 474,001 2.2% 689,843 3.2%
Conservative 9,798,912 45.5% 9,819,069 46%
Democratic United Party Minju Tonghap-dang
8,156,045 37.9% 7,775,737 36.5%
Unified Progressive Party Tonghap Jinbo-dang
1,291,306 6% 2,198,082 10.3%
Progressive 9,447,351 43.9% 9,973,819 46.8%
Conservative vs. Progressive