When is the South Korea legislative election 2028?

Polling day is 2028-04-12, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?

Expected between 2028-04-12T21:00:00Z and 2028-04-14T14:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The law sets no deadline in days. Constituency winners are decided by each constituency election commission on the majority of valid votes (Art. 188(1)); the National Election Commission allocates the 46 proportional seats and its chairperson publicly announces the elected PR members (Art. 189(1), (7)). NEC's own briefing for 2024 (서면브리핑, 10 Apr 2024, nec.go.kr board cbIdx=1090 bcIdx=233039) says constituency winners are decided 'by the constituency commission meeting immediately after the count ends' and PR seats are 'calculated and allocated immediately after the count ends'. Precedent: 2024 the NEC's PR allocation was reported on Thu 11 Apr 2024, day 1 (Dailian 15:26 KST, 'according to the NEC'); 2020 the NEC plenary finalised the PR allocation on 16 Apr 2020, day 1 after the 15 Apr election (Hankyung, 16 Apr 2020). Press reports, not yet checked against an NEC page. The opening (06:00 KST Thursday, when NEC in 2024 expected PR counting to end) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 14 Apr 2028, KST, a day past precedent, erring late. No court confirms the result: election lawsuits go to the Supreme Court within 30 days of polling day or of the decision of the elected member (Art. 222(1), 223(1)) and must be settled within 180 days (Art. 225), so there is no court-validation stage. The new Assembly's term starts on 30 May 2028 (Art. 14(2)).

Where are the official National Assembly results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is National Election Commission (https://www.nec.go.kr/).

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South Korea legislative election 2028

Name: South Korea legislative election 2028
Start: 2028-04-12
Location: South Korea

Polling day Wed, 12 Apr 2028 Date not yet official. Counted by National Election Commission. Times are Seoul time; hover for UTC.

13–14 Apr 2028

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Fri 14 Apr, 23:59 Seoul time.

Polls close: Wed 12 Apr, 18:00
First count by: Thu 13 Apr, 12:00
Counted by: National Election Commission
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: nec.go.kr

Count stages National Assembly, 300 seats

13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr

Election-night count

12–13 AprElection-night count: Wed 12 Apr, 18:00 → Thu 13 Apr, 12:00, precedent.

Final result

13–14 AprFinal result: Thu 13 Apr, 06:00 → Fri 14 Apr, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateSeoul time. Polls close in 558 days.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Wed 12 Apr, 18:00 → Thu 13 Apr, 12:00
precedent

Polls are open 06:00-18:00 KST (Public Official Election Act Art. 155(1)); ballot boxes then go to the 254 counting stations and counts are announced by voting district (Art. 178(3)). KST is UTC+9 with no daylight saving, so polls close 09:00 UTC. Precedent 2024 (polling day 10 Apr 2024): NEC said constituency winners would emerge around 02:00 KST on 11 Apr because hand checking was reintroduced, and that the proportional-representation count, which cannot use sorting machines, would end late at night or in the morning (Seoul Shinmun, 10 Apr 2024, quoting an NEC official); the national count stood at 97.93% at 04:28 KST with the PR count at 81.29% (Kyeonggi Ilbo, 11 Apr 2024, citing NEC), and press reported the PR count at 99.8% at 08:30 KST. The window closes at 12:00 KST Thursday 13 Apr 2028, about 3.5 h past that precedent. Preliminary running count, not the decided result.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Thu 13 Apr, 12:00.
Final result
Thu 13 Apr, 06:00 → Fri 14 Apr, 23:59
precedent

The law sets no deadline in days. Constituency winners are decided by each constituency election commission on the majority of valid votes (Art. 188(1)); the National Election Commission allocates the 46 proportional seats and its chairperson publicly announces the elected PR members (Art. 189(1), (7)). NEC's own briefing for 2024 (서면브리핑, 10 Apr 2024, nec.go.kr board cbIdx=1090 bcIdx=233039) says constituency winners are decided 'by the constituency commission meeting immediately after the count ends' and PR seats are 'calculated and allocated immediately after the count ends'. Precedent: 2024 the NEC's PR allocation was reported on Thu 11 Apr 2024, day 1 (Dailian 15:26 KST, 'according to the NEC'); 2020 the NEC plenary finalised the PR allocation on 16 Apr 2020, day 1 after the 15 Apr election (Hankyung, 16 Apr 2020). Press reports, not yet checked against an NEC page. The opening (06:00 KST Thursday, when NEC in 2024 expected PR counting to end) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 14 Apr 2028, KST, a day past precedent, erring late. No court confirms the result: election lawsuits go to the Supreme Court within 30 days of polling day or of the decision of the elected member (Art. 222(1), 223(1)) and must be settled within 180 days (Art. 225), so there is no court-validation stage. The new Assembly's term starts on 30 May 2028 (Art. 14(2)).

Results sources 4 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
info.nec.go.kr	results-live	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet
elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawViewContent.do	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_South_Korean_legislative_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
nec.go.kr	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Public Official Election Act (Act No. 20370, KLRI English translation, Arts. 14, 21, 34, 148, 155, 178, 188, 189, 222, 223, 225) and Constitution Art. 42 on elaw.klri.re.kr; NEC written briefing 10 Apr 2024 (nec.go.kr); NEC election statistics system info.nec.go.kr; press (Seoul Shinmun, Kyeonggi Ilbo, Dailian, Hankyung) for 2020/2024 count timing. Date derivation: Constitution Art. 42 (four-year term); the 22nd Assembly's term began 30 May 2024 (Art. 14(2): day after the predecessor's term expired) and so expires 29 May 2028; Art. 34(1)2: 'the first Wednesday from the 50th day before the expiration of the terms of office' — 29 May 2028 minus 50 days = Sunday 9 Apr 2028, first Wednesday = 12 Apr 2028. Art. 34(2) moves it a week if that day or the day before/after is a legal holiday; 11-13 Apr 2028 are not. Cross-check: the same rule gives 10 Apr 2024 (29 May 2024 minus 50 = Tue 9 Apr), the actual 2024 polling day. Early voting Fri-Sat 7-8 Apr 2028 (Art. 148(1): two days starting five days before). The Constitution's English text on elaw.klri.re.kr gives no power to dissolve the National Assembly (only political parties, via the Constitutional Court), so a snap election is not expected; an amendment of the Act or the Constitution could still move the date. Seats: 300 (254 constituency + 46 proportional) per Art. 21(1) as amended 8 Mar 2024; may change before 2028. (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the South Korea legislative election 2028?: Polling day is 2028-04-12, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?: Expected between 2028-04-12T21:00:00Z and 2028-04-14T14:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The law sets no deadline in days. Constituency winners are decided by each constituency election commission on the majority of valid votes (Art. 188(1)); the National Election Commission allocates the 46 proportional seats and its chairperson publicly announces the elected PR members (Art. 189(1), (7)). NEC's own briefing for 2024 (서면브리핑, 10 Apr 2024, nec.go.kr board cbIdx=1090 bcIdx=233039) says constituency winners are decided 'by the constituency commission meeting immediately after the count ends' and PR seats are 'calculated and allocated immediately after the count ends'. Precedent: 2024 the NEC's PR allocation was reported on Thu 11 Apr 2024, day 1 (Dailian 15:26 KST, 'according to the NEC'); 2020 the NEC plenary finalised the PR allocation on 16 Apr 2020, day 1 after the 15 Apr election (Hankyung, 16 Apr 2020). Press reports, not yet checked against an NEC page. The opening (06:00 KST Thursday, when NEC in 2024 expected PR counting to end) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 14 Apr 2028, KST, a day past precedent, erring late. No court confirms the result: election lawsuits go to the Supreme Court within 30 days of polling day or of the decision of the elected member (Art. 222(1), 223(1)) and must be settled within 180 days (Art. 225), so there is no court-validation stage. The new Assembly's term starts on 30 May 2028 (Art. 14(2)).
Where are the official National Assembly results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is National Election Commission (https://www.nec.go.kr/).