1985 South Korean legislative election

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All 276 seats to theNational Assembly 139 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.57% ( 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 ElectedSpeaker Lee Jae-hyung Democratic Justice

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Legislative elections were held inSouth Korea on 12 February 1985.^[1] The result was a victory for theDemocratic Justice Party, which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%.

Of the 276 seats, 184 were elected in two-member constituencies viasingle non-transferable vote, while the remainder were allocated viaproportional representation at the national level among parties that won five or more seats in constituencies. Two-thirds of those seats would be awarded to the top party (which was then eliminated from further consideration for national seats; seemajority jackpot system), with the remainder allocated based on vote share.

The rulingDemocratic Justice Party (DJP) of PresidentChun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in theNational Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition.

TheNew Korean Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of theNew Democratic Party, notably opposition leadersKim Dae-jung andKim Young-sam despite being still barred from running. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights.

TheKorean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains, the party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP.

The oppositionDemocratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP.

• Republic of Korea Historical Archive of Parliamentary Elections Results

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