IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: South Korea

51,339,238	13
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
44,197,692	65.53%
Registered Voters (as of March 24, 2022)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
South Korean National Assembly	Kukhoe	Assembly
South Korean Presidency	None	Head of State & Government

Chief of State: Acting President HWANG Kyo-ahn*
Head of Government: Prime Minister HWANG Kyo-ahn
Assembly: South Korea has a unicameral National Assembly (Kukhoe) with 300 seats.

*President PARK Geun-hye was impeached on 9 December 2016 by the National Assembly.

The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
In the National Assembly (Kukhoe), 246 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 54 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. In order to gain representation in the ordinal tier, parties must obtain either three percent of the national vote or at least five seats in the nominal tier.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
South Korean Presidency	1997-12-18	26,042,633	32,290,416	80.65
South Korean National Assembly	2000-04-13	19,156,515	33,482,387	57.21
South Korean Presidency	2002-12-19	24,784,963	34,991,529	70.83
South Korean National Assembly	2004-04-15	21,351,340	35,596,497	59.98
South Korean Presidency	2007-12-19	23,732,854	37,653,518	63.03
South Korean National Assembly	2008-04-09	17,389,206	37,796,035	46.01
South Korean National Assembly	2012-04-11	21,802,240	40,205,055	54.23
South Korean Presidency	2012-12-19	30,721,459	40,507,842	75.84
South Korean National Assembly	2016-04-13	24,430,746	42,100,398	58.03
South Korean Presidency	2017-05-09	32,807,908	42,479,710	77.23
South Korean National Assembly	2020-04-15	29,127,637	43,994,247	66.21
South Korean Presidency	2022-03-09	34,067,853	44,197,692	77.08
South Korean National Assembly	2024-04-10	-	-	-

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