National Assembly

Legislature of South Korea

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2024 22nd National Assembly elected, with Woo Won-shik serving as Speaker from 2024 to 2026
June 5 2024 The current Speaker of the National Assembly was elected.
May 30 2024 The current National Assembly held its first meeting and began its four-year term.
April 10 2024 Legislative elections for the National Assembly were held.
2020 The 21st National Assembly election resulted in 300 total seats, with a significant shift in political composition, showing 180 seats for one political group.
2020 21st National Assembly election held, with Park Byeong-seug becoming Speaker from 2020-2022
2020 17 proportional representation seats temporarily assigned under the previous parallel voting system during the South Korean legislative election.
2020 Voting age lowered from 19 to 18 years old, expanding the electorate by over half a million voters.
April 15 2020 The 21st general election of the National Assembly was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the highest voter turnout in decades.
2019 Electoral reform implemented, replacing the parallel voting system with a variation of the additional member system for proportional representation seats in the National Assembly.
2016 20th National Assembly election occurs, with Chung Sye-kyun serving as Speaker from 2016-2018
2012 19th National Assembly election takes place, with Kang Chang-hee becoming Speaker from 2012-2014

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