As Andy of the Flying Yangban reported in my comments section, it appears the GNP under-polled. Anyway, the final tally is as follows:
Uri: 129 districts, 23 proportional seats, 152 total
GNP: 100 districts, 21 proportional seats, 121 total
DLP: 2 districts, 8 proportional seats, 10 total
MDP: 5 districts, 4 proportional seats, 9 total
ULD: 4 districts
Independents: 2 districts
National Unity 21: 1 district
Here’s how it broke down by region:
Seoul — Uri: 32, GNP: 16
Incheon — Uri: 9, GNP: 3
Gyeonggi Province — Uri: 35, GNP: 14
Daejeon — Uri: 6
South Chungcheong Province — Uri: 5, ULD: 4, GNP: 1
North Chungcheong Province — Uri: 8
Gangwon Province: GNP: 6, Uri: 2
Gwangju — Uri: 7
South Jeolla Province — Uri: 7, MDP: 5, Independent: 1
North Jeolla Province — Uri: 11
Jeju Province — Uri: 3
Pusan — GNP: 17, Uri: 1
Daegu — GNP: 12
Ulsan — GNP: 3, Uri: 1, DLP: 1, National Unity 21: 1
South Gyeongsang Province — GNP: 14, Uri: 2, DLP: 1
North Gyeongsang Province — GNP: 14, Independent: 1
Now, all we need to do is await the disqualifications and let the special elections begin.
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I have a question from an American in Japan, who is looking to move to Korea soon. What is the mood ‘on the street’ in Seoul? Most Americans would have tons of hippies holding demonstrations with results like this. And that’s not counting the disqualification follow-up.
Is this vote just another round of the same ‘ol? Or is there gonna be something special in this round of whiners at the big blue building?
Scott: The “hippies” have taken over, sort of. The Uri Party is mainly from the generation that opposed military rule here in the 70s and 80s, and younger people sympathetic to them. It’s not totally clear what their agenda might be, except that they’ve come out against regionalism in politics, want to distance the country somewhat from American influence, and are not particularly astute about economics. If the impeached president is allowed back in office–most likely he will be–there should be relative stability. All of the recent political mess here can be seen as growing pains and should be welcomed. Good luck in moving here, it’s a fascinating, aggravating place, in some ways (good and bad) more American than Koreans seem to realize.
Fun thing about Korean politics at the moment is, even if you are on the side of the President, you are still vulnrible.
This isn’t completely on point but I didn’t know where to ask. What is the difference between the Korea Herald & Korea Times in terms of ideological reputation, quality of writing, etc.?
I don’t think of “hippies” in a Western sense as being nationalistic, whereas virtually the entire political spectrum is quite nationalistic — the left no less than the right.
The Uri Party is a mighty broad tent covering a range of personalities, interests and ideologies.
I wonder if Uri will show more organisational discipline than previous parties and if it will be able to avoid the ruinous factionalism we nearly always see here. Uri is the product of Millennium Democrats factionalism.
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Looks like the Uri Party, that of impeached President Roh, has won a parliamentary majority .
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