Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 25 March 1981.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p420 The new electoral system for the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly implemented a system of proportional representation, while abolishing the president's power to appoint one-third of the chamber's members. The result was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party, which won 151 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.7%. The election was held under the influence of Coup d'état of Coup d'état of December Twelfth, 1979 and Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, 1980. Major opposition political figures like Kim Young-sam were barred from running. Kim Dae-jung was arrested on May 17, 1980, and was sentenced to death on a of "inciting rebellion". Even the Democratic Republican Party (South Korea), Democratic Republican Party of the late president Park Chung-hee was forcibly dissolved, and major figures like Kim Jong-pil was barred from running. The election, while ostensibly a multi-party election, is widely considered to have been a fraudulent one, with supposed "opposition" politicians being heavily vetted by the Agency for National Security Planning and the South Korean Army Security Command.

Results

By city/province

References

{{South Korean elections Legislative elections in South Korea 1981 elections in Asia, South Korea 1981 elections in South Korea, Legislative