South Korean parliamentary election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on April 15, 2004. The newly formed Uri Party

Uri Party

The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...

and other parties supporting President Roh Moo-hyun

Roh Moo-hyun

Roh Moo-hyun GOM GCB was the 16th President of South Korea .Roh's pre-presidential political career was focused on human rights advocacy for student activists in South Korea. His electoral career later expanded to a focus on overcoming regionalism in South Korean politics, culminating in his...

, who was impeached

Impeachment

Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as other punishment....

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

National Assembly of South Korea

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is a 299-member unicameral legislature. The latest general elections were held on April 9, 2008. Single-member constituencies comprise 245 of the National Assembly's seats, while the remaining 54 are allocated by proportional representation...

, 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 Party

The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...

(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

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, 44 out of 62 in Incheon

Incheon

The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...

and Gyeonggi, confirming that a majority of voters supported the President.

The conservative Grand National Party

Grand National Party

The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012....

, 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

Democratic Labour Party (South Korea)

The Democratic Labor Party , established in January 2000, is a left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, considered more left and independent of the two union federations in South Korea...

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

Democratic Party (South Korea)

The Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea.Formerly called the Millennium Democratic Party , or Saecheonnyeon Minju-dang , it changed its name to the present form on May 6, 2005.- History :...

, 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

United Liberal Democrats

The United Liberal Democrats was a liberal conservative political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from Chungcheong region. In the 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics...

, a regional party based on North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions, has lost support since its leader, Kim Jong-pil

Kim Jong-pil

Kim Jong-pil is a South Korean politician and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency , who served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971–1975 and from 1998–2000.-Early life:‎...

, did not contest the last presidential election.

Result by region

Seoul

| 32
| 16
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 48
|-
| Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

| 1
| 17
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 18
|-
| Incheon

Incheon

| 9
| 3
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 12
|-
| Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

| -
| 12
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 12
|-
| Gwangju

Gwangju

Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister...

| 7
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 7
|-
| Daejeon

Daejeon

Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the...

| 6
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 6
|-
| Ulsan

Ulsan

Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...

| 1
| 3
| 1
| -
| -
| 1
| 6
|-
| Gangwon-do

Gangwon-do (South Korea)

Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formed a single province.-History:...

| 2
| 6
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 8
|-
| Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...

| 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

Jeju-do

Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...

| 3
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 3
|-
| Proportional
representation
| 23
| 21
| 8
| 4
| -
| -
| 56
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total
!style="background-color:gold" align=left|152
!style="background-color:#4EBDE8" align=left|121
!style="background-color:#04972D" align=left|10
!style="background-color:#006400" align=left|9
!style="background-color:#FF8200" align=left|4
!style="background-color:#828282" align=left|3
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|299
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