Democratic Justice Party

Democratic Justice Party 민주정의당 Minju Jeonguidang
Founder	Chun Doo-hwan
Founded	1 September 1980
Dissolved	22 January 1990
Preceded by	Democratic Republican Party
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	Korean nationalism[1] Neoliberalism[2] Social justice[3] Conservatism[4] Anti-communism[5]
Political position	Right-wing[6]
Colours	Blue and red
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

Democratic Justice Party
Hangul	민주정의당
Hanja	民主正義黨
Revised Romanization	Minju Jeong-uidang
McCune–Reischauer	Minju Chŏng-ŭitang

The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1980 to 1998. It was formed in 1980 as the Democratic Republican Party and was the political vehicle for Chun Doo-hwan.

When 1979, Park Chung-hee's assassination, Chun Doo-hwan of the party created it the 'Democratic Justice Party' in 1980. Even though a less authoritarian constitution was enacted that year, the political system was rigged heavily in favor of the DJP. The situation changed in 1987, when DJP presidential candidate Roh Tae Woo promised that year's election would be free and democratic. In 1990, the DJP merged with Kim Young Sam's Reunification Democratic Party and Kim Jong-pil's New Democratic Republican Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome	Party Name
1981	Chun Doo-hwan	4,755 (electoral vote)	90.2%'	Elected	Democratic Justice Party
1987	Roh Tae-woo	8,282,738	36.6%	Elected	Democratic Justice Party

Legislative elections

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader	Party Name
1981	151 / 276	5,776,624	35.6%	83 seats; Majority	Chun Doo-hwan	Democratic Justice Party
1985	148 / 276	7,040,811	34.0%	3 seats; Majority	Chun Doo-hwan	Democratic Justice Party
1988	125 / 299	6,675,494	34.0%	23 seats; Minority	Roh Tae-woo	Democratic Justice Party

References

1. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
2. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
3. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
4. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
5. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
6. Kim, Youngmi (2011), The Politics of Coalition in Korea: Between institutions and culture, Routledge, p. 36