2012 South Korean legislative election

2012 South Korean legislative election

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All 300 seats in the National Assembly 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.24% (8.16pp; Const. votes) 54.24% (8.16pp; PR votes)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Park Geun-hye Han Myeong-sook Party Saenuri Democratic United Last election 167 seats[a] 81 seats[b] Seats won 152 127 Seat change 15 46 Constituency vote 9,324,911 8,156,045 % and swing 43.28% (3.87pp) 37.85% (8.93pp) Regional vote 9,130,651 7,777,123 % and swing 42.80% (7.86pp) 36.46% ( 11.28pp)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lee Jung-hee Rhyu Si-min Sim Sang-jung Lee Hoi-chang Party Unified Progressive Liberty Forward Last election 5 seats[c] 18 seats Seats won 13 5 Seat change 8 13 Constituency vote 1,291,306 474,001 % and swing 5.99% (2.60pp) 2.20% (3.52pp) Regional vote 2,198,405 690,754 % and swing 10.31% (4.63pp) 3.24% (3.61pp)
Speaker before election Chung Eui-hwa Saenuri Elected Speaker Kang Chang-hee Saenuri

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party, which renewed its majority in the National Assembly,^[1] despite losing seats. The election was read as a bellwether for the presidential election to be held later in the year.^[2] The result confounded exit polls and media analysis, which had predicted a closer outcome.^[3]

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