Past Parties
Some of the party names in English may be different from the officially registered ones.
The figures in the table below are as of when each election results came out.
The 20th National Assembly (May 30, 2016 ~ May 29, 2020)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Korea | 25.5 | 123 (13) |
| Saenuri Party | 33.5 | 122 (17) |
| People's Party | 26.7 | 38 (13) |
| Justice Party | 7.2 | 6 (4) |
| independents | 11 | |
| Total | 92.9 | 300 (47) |
The 19th National Assembly (May 30, 2012 ~ May 29, 2016)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Saenuri Party | 42.8 | 152 (25) |
| Democratic United Party | 36.5 | 127 (21) |
| Unified Progressive Party | 10.3 | 13 (6) |
| Liberty Forward Party | 3.2 | 5 (2) |
| independents | 3 | |
| Total | 300 (54) | |
The 18th National Assembly (May 30, 2008 ~ May 29, 2012)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Grand National Party | 37.48 | 153 (22) |
| United Democratic Party | 25.17 | 81 (15) |
| Liberty Forward Party | 6.90 | 18 (4) |
| Pro-Park Geun-hye Alliance | 13.18 | 14 (8) |
| Democratic Labor Party | 5.68 | 5(3) |
| Creative Korea Party | 3.80 | 3 (2) |
| independents | 25 | |
| Total | 299 (54) | |
The 17th National Assembly (May 30, 2004 ~ May 29, 2008)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Uri Party | 38.3 | 152 (23) |
| Grand National Party | 35.8 | 121 (21) |
| Democratic Labor Party | 13.0 | 10 (8) |
| Millennium Democratic Party | 7.1 | 9 (4) |
| United Liberal Democrats | 2.8 | 4 |
| National Alliance 21 | 0.6 | 1 |
| independents | 2 | |
| Total | 299 (56) | |
The 16th National Assembly (May 30, 2000 ~ May 29, 2004)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Grand National Party | 38.96 | 133 (21) |
| National Congress for New Politics | 35.87 | 115 (19) |
| United Liberal Democrats | 9.84 | 17 (5) |
| Democratic People's Party | 3.68 | 2 (1) |
| New Party for Hopeful Korea | 0.41 | 1 |
| independents | 9.38 | 5 |
| Total | 273 (46) | |
The 15th National Assembly (May 30, 1996 ~ May 29, 2000)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| New Korea Party | 35.1 | 139 (18) |
| National Congress for New Politics | 24.8 | 79 (13) |
| United Liberal Democrats | 16.4 | 50 (9) |
| United Democratic Party | 11.3 | 15(6) |
| independents | 12.4 | 16 |
| Total | 299 (46) | |
The 14th National Assembly (May 30, 1992 ~ May 29, 1996)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Liberal Party | 38.5 | 149 (33) |
| Democratic Party | 29.2 | 97 (22) |
| United People's Party | 17.4 | 31 (7) |
| independents | 11.5 | 21 |
| Party for New Political Reform | 1.8 | 1 |
| Clean and Fair Democratic Party | 0.1 | - |
| Public Party | 1.5 | - |
| Total | 299 (62) | |
The 13th National Assembly (May 30, 1988 ~ May 29, 1992)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Justice Party | 33.96 | 125 (38) |
| Party for Peace and Democracy | 19.26 | 70 (16) |
| Party for the Reunification and Democracy | 23.83 | 59 (13) |
| New Democratic Republican Party | 15.59 | 35 (8) |
| independents | 4.75 | 9 |
| Grand-National-People's Democratic Party | 1.28 | 1 |
| New Korea Democratic Party | 0.24 | - |
| Democratic Korea Party | 0.17 | - |
| Korea National Party | 0.33 | - |
| Christian Holy People's Party | 0.01 | - |
| Public's Party | 0.33 | - |
| Socilist Democratic Party | 0.02 | - |
| Our Justice Party | 0.13 | - |
| Third Generation Party | 0.08 | - |
| Hanism Unified Korea Party | 0.02 | - |
| Total | 299 (75) | |
The 12th National Assembly (Apr. 11, 1985 ~ May 29, 1988)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Justice Party | 35.2 | 148 (61) |
| New Korea Democratic Party | 29.3 | 67 (17) |
| Democratic Korea Party | 19.7 | 35 (9) |
| Korea National Party | 9.2 | 20 (5) |
| independents | 3.2 | 4 |
| New Politics Socialist Party | 1.4 | 1 |
| New Democratic Party | 0.6 | 1 |
| Civil Rights Party | 0.4 | - |
| Liberal Nationalist Party | 0.1 | - |
| Workers and Farmers Party | 0.9 | - |
| Total | 276 (92) | |
The 11th National Assembly (Apr. 11, 1981 ~ Apr. 10, 1985)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Justice Party | 35.6 | 151 (61) |
| Democratic Korea Party | 21.6 | 81 (24) |
| Korea National Party | 13.3 | 25 (7) |
| independents | 10.7 | 11 |
| Civil Rights Party | 6.7 | 2 |
| New Politics Socialist Party | 4.2 | 2 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3.2 | 2 |
| Democratic Farmers' Party | 1.4 | 1 |
| Peaceful People Party | 0.9 | 1 |
| Others | 2.4 | - |
| Total | 276 (92) | |
The 10th National Assembly (Mar. 12, 1979 ~ Oct. 27, 1980)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | 31.7 | 68 |
| New Democratic Party | 32.8 | 61 |
| independents | 28.1 | 22 |
| Democratic Unification Party | 7.4 | 3 |
| National Council for Unification | - | 77 |
| Total | 231 | |
The 9th National Assembly (Mar. 12, 1973 ~ Mar. 11, 1979)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | 38.7 | 73 |
| New Democratic Party | 32.5 | 52 |
| independents | 18.6 | 19 |
| Democratic Unification Party | 10.2 | 2 |
| National Council for Unification | 73 | |
| Total | 219 | |
The 8th National Assembly (Jul. 1, 1971 ~ Oct. 17, 1972)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | 47.8 | 113 (27) |
| New Democratic Party | 43.5 | 89 (24) |
| National Party | 4.0 | 1 |
| Public Party | 1.4 | 1 |
| Unificational Socialist Party | 0.9 | - |
| Mass Party | 0.5 | - |
| Total | 204 (51) | |
The 7th National Assembly (Jul. 1, 1967 ~ Jun. 30, 1971)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | 50.6 | 129 (27) |
| New Democratic Party | 32.7 | 45 (17) |
| Mass Party | 2.3 | 1 |
| Liberal Party | 3.6 | - |
| Democratic Party | 3.0 | - |
| Korean Independence Party | 2.2 | - |
| Public Party | 1.7 | - |
| Justice Party | 1.3 | - |
| Unificational Socialist Party | 1.0 | - |
| Free People's Party | 0.8 | - |
| Unified Korea Party | 0.8 | - |
| Total | 175 (44) | |
The 6th National Assembly (Dec. 17, 1963 ~ Jun. 30, 1967)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republican Party | 33.5 | 110 (22) |
| Democracy-Justice Party | 20.1 | 41 (14) |
| Democratic Party | 13.6 | 13 (5) |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 8.1 | 9 (3) |
| People's Party | 8.8 | 2 |
| Conservative Party | 3.0 | - |
| Liberal Party | 2.9 | - |
| Righteous Citizens Party | 2.8 | - |
| New Development Party | 2.0 | - |
| Autumn Wind Association | 2.0 | - |
| New People's Association | 1.8 | - |
| Korean Independence Party | 1.4 | - |
| Total | 175 (44) | |
The 5th National Assembly (Jul. 29, 1960~Dec. 16, 1963)
Lower House
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 41.7 | 175 |
| independents | 46.8 | 49 |
| Socialist Mass Party | 6.0 | 4 |
| Liberal Party | 2.8 | 2 |
| Korea Socialist Party | 0.6 | 1 |
| Unification Party | 0.2 | 1 |
| Korean Independence Party | 0.2 | - |
| others | 1.7 | 1 |
| Total | 233 | |
Upper House (Jul. 29, 1960 ~ Dec. 16, 1963)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 51.4 | 31 |
| independents | 38.1 | 20 |
| Liberal Party | 6.1 | 4 |
| Socialist Mass Party | 1.4 | 1 |
| Korea Socialist Party | 1.3 | 1 |
| Korea Federation of Innovators | 1.7 | 1 |
| Total | 58 | |
The 4th National Assembly (May 31, 1958 ~ Jul. 28, 1960)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 42.1 | 126 |
| Democratic Party | 34.0 | 79 |
| independents | 21.7 | 27 |
| Unification Party | 0.6 | 1 |
| others | 1.6 | - |
| Total | 233 | |
The 3rd National Assembly (May 31, 1954 ~ May 30, 1958)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 36.8 | 114 |
| independents | 47.9 | 68 |
| Democratic People's Party | 7.9 | 15 |
| Korean Council | 2.6 | 3 |
| Korean Nationalist Party | 1.0 | 3 |
| others | 3.8 | - |
| Total | 203 | |
The 2nd National Assembly (May 31, 1950 ~ May 30, 1954)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| independents | 62.9 | 126 |
| Korean Nationalist Party | 9.7 | 24 |
| Democratic People's Party | 9.8 | 24 |
| Korean Council | 6.8 | 14 |
| Korean Youth Party | 3.3 | 10 |
| Great Korean Independence Labor League | 1.7 | 3 |
| One Nation Club | 1.0 | 3 |
| Socialist Party | 1.3 | 2 |
| National Independence Federation | 0.5 | 1 |
| Independent Labor Party | 0.7 | - |
| Korean Independence Party | 0.3 | - |
| others | 2.0 | 3 |
| Total | 210 | |
The Constituent Assembly (May 31, 1948 ~ May 30, 1950)
| party/organization | earned votes (%) |
seats (proportional representatives) |
|---|---|---|
| independents | 40.3 | 85 |
| Great Korean Independence Acceleration Council | 26.1 | 55 |
| Korean Democratic Party | 13.5 | 29 |
| United Young Men's Party | 9.6 | 12 |
| Korean National Youth Corps | 2.2 | 6 |
| Great Korean Independence Rural League | 0.8 | 2 |
| Great Korean Independence Labor League | 1.6 | 1 |
| others | 5.9 | 10 |
| Total | 200 | |
