 The elections was indirect, with a joint session of the House of Commons and Senate, which had been elected in July, acting as an electoral college.The winning candidate required the assent of two thirds of the members of both houses.The Democratic Party, founded in 1955 as a merger of the Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP) and several anti-Rhee administration groups, had won well over two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly in the 29 July legislative elections, and was sure to win the presidency.