1950 South Korean legislative election

1950 South Korean legislative election
30 May 1950
All 210 seats in the House of Representatives
106 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.91%
Party Leader Vote % Seats
Democratic Nationalist Sin Ik-hui
Kim Seong-su 		9.79 24
Nationalist Yun Chi-young 9.69 24
National Association Syngman Rhee 6.77 14
Korea Youth 3.26 10
Federation of Trade Unions 1.69 10
Socialist 1.28 2
Ilmin Club 1.02 3
National Independence 0.48 1
Other parties – 2.18 3
Independents – 62.93 126
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Speaker before Speaker after
Shin Ik-hee
National Association		 Shin Ik-hee
National Association

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950, less than a month before the invasion of the country by North Korea. The elections resulted in a tie between the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party, which both won 24 seats,although a majority of the 210 seats were won by independents. Voter turnout was 92%.

These were the first elections to be held after South Korea declared its independence two years prior.

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