1976 South Korean legislative election

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73 seats of theNational Assembly for Presidential appointees

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Independents Park Chung Hee 99.65 73 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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An indirect legislative election was held inSouth Korea on 16 February 1976 to elect 73 members of theNational Assembly appointed byPresidentPark Chung Hee.^[1]

One-third of all the members of the National Assembly are elected by the National Conference for Unification.^[2] The National Assembly members elected by the National Conference for Unification are recommended by the President.^[3] In order to be elected, the slate of members appointed by the President needs to receive the approval of a majority of the delegates of the National Conference for Unification present in the election.^[3] The election is valid if a majority of all the delegates of the National Conference for Unification are present.^[3]

National Assembly members elected by the National Conference for Unification have a term of three years, haf the term of the directly-elected members.^[4]

The National Conference for Unification members which participated in this election were electedin 1972, in the lead-up to that year's presidential election.

On 14 February 1976, President Park Chung Hee submitted a list of 73 members he had appointed to the National Assembly and five reserve members. Among the 73 members he had appointed, 50 were members who Park had appointed in 1973 and 20 were new appointees.^[5]

The National Conference for Unification met on 16 February 1976 to elect the National Assembly members appointed by President Park Chung Hee.^[1]

At the time of the election, 2,303 out of the original 2,359 delegates were eligible to vote following the death or resignation of 56 delegates. Out of the 2,303 eligible delegates, 2,289 were present in the election.

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