New Democratic Party (South Korea)

New Democratic Party
신민당
Leader Yu Jin-oh
Founded 1967
Dissolved 1980
Preceded by None
Merged into banned
Headquarters Seoul
Newspaper None
Ideology Liberalism,
Moderate conservatism,
Democratization
International affiliation None
Colours Red and Green

The New Democratic Party of Korea (Korean: 신민당, hanja: 新民黨; NDP) was a South Korean opposition party that existed from 1963 to 1980, when it was forcibly dissolved by the ninth amendment of the constitution promulgated by Chun Doo-hwan the same year. It was the main opposition party during the Park Chung-hee dictatorial regime, and especially since 1972, when the Yushin constitution was put into effect.

Timeline of the party

Samseon Gaejeon

In September 1969, the regime amended the Constitution to allow the incumbent president Park Chung-hee run for a third reelection. The opposition had no consensus on that issue, so some representatives voted yea on that and others did the opposite. This caused an internal party crisis that resulted in the dissolution of the party and the presentation of a communique showing the opinion on the issue.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Total votes Share of votes Outcome Party Name
1967 Yun Bo-seon 4,526,541 40.9% Lost Red X New Democratic Party
1971 Kim Dae-jung 5,395,900 45.3% Lost Red X New Democratic Party

Legislative elections

Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader Party Name
1967
45 / 175
3,554,224 32.7% Increase45 seats; Minority Yu Jin-o New Democratic Party
1971
89 / 204
4,969,050 44.4% Increase44 seats; Minority Kim Hong-il New Democratic Party
1973
52 / 219
3,577,300 32.5% Decrease37 seats; Minority Yu Chin-san New Democratic Party
1978
61 / 231
4,861,204 32.8% Increase9 seats; Minority Yi Cheol-seung New Democratic Party

See also

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