Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 30 May 1950. The elections resulted in a tie between the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party, which both won 24 seats,although a majority of the 210 seats were won by independents. Voter turnout was 92%.
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All 210 seats in the House of Representatives 106 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 91.91% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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These were the first elections to be held after South Korea declared its independence two years prior.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Democratic Nationalist Party | 683,910 | 9.79 | 24 | |
| Korea Nationalist Party | 677,173 | 9.69 | 24 | |
| National Association | 473,153 | 6.77 | 14 | |
| Korea Youth Party | 227,539 | 3.26 | 10 | |
| Korean Federation of Trade Unions | 117,939 | 1.69 | 3 | |
| Socialist Party | 89,413 | 1.28 | 2 | |
| Ilmin Club | 71,239 | 1.02 | 3 | |
| Korea Independence Workers Party | 45,813 | 0.66 | 0 | |
| National Independence Federation | 33,464 | 0.48 | 1 | |
| Korea Independence Party | 17,745 | 0.25 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 152,365 | 2.18 | 3 | |
| Independents | 4,397,287 | 62.93 | 126 | |
| Total | 6,987,040 | 100.00 | 210 | |
| Valid votes | 6,987,040 | 90.13 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 765,036 | 9.87 | ||
| Total votes | 7,752,076 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,434,737 | 91.91 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
By city/province
| Region | Total seats | Seats won | |||||||||
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| DNP | KNP | NP | YP | FTU | SP | IC | NIF | Other | Ind. | ||
| Seoul | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Gyeonggi | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Gangwon | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| North Chungcheong | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| South Chungcheong | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| North Jeolla | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| South Jeolla | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| North Gyeongsang | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| South Gyeongsang | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Jeju | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 210 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 129 |
| Source: National Election Commission | |||||||||||
See also
- List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 1950–1954
- Second National Assembly
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