Seoul: South Korea's ruling party has retained control of parliament in parliamentary election, seen as a key test of sentiment before the presidential vote in December, officials said.
The conservative New Frontier Party (NFP) won 152 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly yesterday, 25 more than the opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), which was tipped to score an easy victory in earlier opinion polls.
"People made wise choices," President Lee Myung-Bak said in a statement.
The ruling party had initially struggled to preserve its parliamentary majority to pave the way for a second successive presidential victory in eight months' time. It had 165 seats in the outgoing parliament against 89 for the DUP.
"We will sincerely think over what today's election means and try ceaselessly to be reborn as a party the people can lean and rely on."
The election is largely seen as a bellwether for the presidential vote in eight months' time.
The conservative New Frontier Party (NFP) won 152 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly yesterday, 25 more than the opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), which was tipped to score an easy victory in earlier opinion polls.
"People made wise choices," President Lee Myung-Bak said in a statement.
The ruling party had initially struggled to preserve its parliamentary majority to pave the way for a second successive presidential victory in eight months' time. It had 165 seats in the outgoing parliament against 89 for the DUP.
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"We will sincerely think over what today's election means and try ceaselessly to be reborn as a party the people can lean and rely on."
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The election is largely seen as a bellwether for the presidential vote in eight months' time.
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