Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    April 2012
  • Presidential
    December 2012
South Korea

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President LEE Myung-bak
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister HAN Seung-soo
  • Assembly: South Korea has a unicameral National Assembly (Kukhoe) with 299 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly (Kukhoe), 243 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 56 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 49,044,790 (July 2007 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - December 2012
  • Parliamentary - April 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010