Elections to the Interim Legislative Assembly [ko] were held in South Korea in October 1946.
The establishment of the Interim Legislative Assembly was announced by Archer L. Lerch of the United States Army Military Government on 1 July 1946.
[1] The Assembly was to replace the Democratic Council set up in February,[2] and its purpose was to write draft laws,[3] It would have 90 members; 45 elected and 45 appointed by Military Governor John R.
[1] The Interim Legislative Assembly was unpopular with a majority of Koreans who opposed the planned four-power trusteeship to run the country for five years.
[4] The conservative Korea Democratic Party (KDP) opposed its existence due to many of its leaders being excluded.