Proportional representation ( ko, 비례대표) is a

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

constituency of the

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. The constituency consists of South Korea (nationwide). It is a party-list proportional representation, adopt a

closed list Closed list describes the variant of party-list systems where voters can effectively only vote for political parties as a whole; thus they have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters had some inf ...

system.

History

The nationwide

system was introduced for the first time in the 1963 election. The system at that time was to allocate proportional representation seats according to the percentage of votes won by each party in the

single-member constituency A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner vot ...

. However, on 19 July 2001, the Constitutional Court ruled the system unconstitutional that it is against the principle of democracy to regard support for a candidate of single-member constituency as support for the party to which the candidate belongs. Thus, the Public Election Act was revised to separate single-member constituency and proportional representation votes and applied from the 2004 election. In addition, half of seats of the proportional representation was allocated to the first party until the 1988 election, but it was abolished in 1990.

Members of the National Assembly

Election results

Summary

2016

;Note : #: List rank assigned by the party

2012

;Note : #: List rank assigned by the party

2008

;Note : #: List rank assigned by the party

2004

;Notes * #: List rank assigned by the party * ~~Deleted candidate~~: Withdrew candidate

References

{{reflist Constituencies of the National Assembly (South Korea)