South Korean legislative election, 2004

Infobox Election
election_name = South Korean legislative election, 2004
country = South Korea
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = South Korean legislative election, 2000
previous_year = 2000
next_election = South Korean parliamentary election, 2008
next_year = 2008
seats_for_election = All 299 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea
election_date = April 15, 2004

leader1 = Chung Sye Kyun
party1 = Uri Party
leaders_seat1 = Jangsu, Jeollabuk
last_election1 = -
seats1 = 152
seat_change1 = +105
popular_vote1 = 8,145,824
percentage1 = 38.3
swing1 =

leader2 = Park Geun-hye
party2 = Grand National Party
leaders_seat2 = Dalseong, Daegu
last_election2 = 133
seats2 = 121
seat_change2 = −24
popular_vote2 = 7,613,660
percentage2 = 35.8
swing2 =

map_

map_size = 200px
map_caption = provinces and cities majority won by
GNP (blue), Uri (red)
title =

Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on April 15, 2004. The newly formed Uri Party and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by the outgoing National Assembly, won a majority of seats. The result in part revealed the public dismay of the "parliamentary coup".

In this, the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature.

Results

"Note: Changes in seats are the figures compared with the number of seats each party occupied as of 12 March 2004. In addition, the number of seats in the National Assembly has been increased from 273 to 299."

Parties

The newly formed Uri Party ("Uri-dang" or "Our Party") gained support through its opposition to the impeachment of President Roh. It won 32 out of 49 seats in Seoul, 44 out of 62 in Incheon and Gyeonggi, confirming that a majority of voters supported the President.

The conservative Grand National Party, which supported the impeachment of Roh, suffered a loss of support, but won a majority in North Gyeongsang and South Gyeongsang regions and retained the 100 seats necessary to block constitutional changes.

The Democrat Labour Party won only 10 seats, but this was considered a great triumph considering that South Koreans are traditionally anti-communist and against left-wing policies.

The Millennium Democratic Party, formerly the major liberal party, was the second-largest party prior to the election but sustained the biggest loss in the backlash following its leading role in the impeachment of Roh, as much of its support shifted to the Uri Party.

The United Liberal Democrats, a regional party based on North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions, has lost support since its leader, Kim Jong-pil, did not contest the last presidential election.

Result by region

election-table|Region!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Uri Party!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|GNP!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|DLP!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|MDP!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|ULD!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Others!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total
-
Seoul
32
16
-
-
-
-
48
-
Busan
1
17
-
-
-
-
18
-
Incheon
9
3
-
-
-
-
12
-
Daegu
-
12
-
-
-
-
12
-
Gwangju
7
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
Daejeon
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
Ulsan
1
3
1
-
-
1
6
-
Gangwon
2
6
-
-
-
-
8
-
Gyeonggi
35
14
-
-
-
-
49
-
South Gyeongsang
2
14
1
-
-
-
17
-
North Gyeongsang
-
19
-
-
-
1
20
-
South Jeolla
7
-
-
5
-
1
13
-
North Jeolla
11
-
-
-
-
-
11
-
South Chungcheong
5
1
-
-
4
-
10
-
North Chungcheong
8
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
Jeju
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
Proportional
representation
23
21
8
4
-
-
56
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|152!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|121!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|10!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|9!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|4!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|3!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|299