1985 South Korean legislative election

1985 South Korean legislative election

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All 276 seats to the National 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 Elected Speaker Lee Jae-hyung Democratic Justice

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