1985 South Korean legislative election

1985 South Korean legislative election
12 February 1985
All 276 seats to the National Assembly
139 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.57% ( 6.83pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chun Doo-hwan Lee Min-woo
Party Democratic Justice New Korean Democratic
Last election 151 seats Did not exist
Seats won 148 67
Seat change 3 New
Popular vote 7,040,811 5,843,827
Percentage 35.25% 29.26%
Swing 0.39pp New
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Yu Chi-song Kim Jong-cheol
Party Democratic Korea National
Last election 81 25
Seats won 35 20
Seat change 46 5
Popular vote 3,930,966 1,828,744
Percentage 19.68% 9.16%
Swing 1.87pp 4.09pp
Results by constituency
Speaker before election

Chae Mun-shik
Democratic Justice

Elected Speaker

Lee Jae-hyung
Democratic Justice

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985. The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.

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