REPUBLIC OF KOREA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 11 APRIL 2012 ===================================================================================== Elections to the Kuk Hoe (National Assembly) Source: National Election Commission website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Jayu Seonjin-dang (Liberty Forward Party) * Minju Tonghap-dang (Democratic United Party) * Tonghap Jinbo-dang (Unified Progressive Party) * Saenuri-dang (New World Party) The National Assembly consists of 246 members elected from single-seat constituencies and 54 members elected by proportional representation. NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ===================================================================================== These figures are the votes cast for the members elected by proportional representation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered voters: 40,205,055 Votes cast: 21,802,240 54.2 Invalid votes 474,640 02.2 Valid votes 21,327,600 97.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats 1 Seats 2 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic United Party 7,775,737 36.5 +11.4 106 +40 21 +06 127 +46 Liberty Forward Party 689,843 03.2 -03.6 3 -11 2 -02 5 -13 New World Party 9,129,226 42.8 -07.7 127 -10 25 -05 152 -15 Unified Progressive Party 2,198,082 10.3 +04.7 7 +05 6 +03 13 +08 Others 1,534,712 07.2 3 - 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,327,600 246 54 300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seats 1 = the single-seat constituencies. Seats 2 = the seats filled by proportional representation. The New World Party is the new name of the former Grand National Party. Its vote is compared with the combined vote of the GNP and the Park Geun-hye Coalition in 2008. (Park Geun-hye is now the leader of the NWP.) The Unified Progressive Party is the new name of the former Democratic Labour Party.