Democratic People's Party (South Korea)
Democratic People's Party 민주국민당 | |
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| Abbreviation | DPP |
| Founded | March 8, 2000 |
| Dissolved | April 18, 2004 |
| Ideology | Conservative (South Korean) |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
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| Conservatism in South Korea |
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| Democratic People's Party | |
| Hangul | 민주국민당 |
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| Hanja | 民主國民黨 |
| RR | Minju gungmindang |
| MR | Minju kungmindang |
The Democratic People's Party (Korean: 민주국민당) is a minor conservative political party of South Korea. It was formed on 25 February 2000 at the National Assembly and officially launched on March 8 2000[1] by disaffected members of the Grand National Party. In the 2000 election, two members were elected to the National Assembly.
A political party by the same name existed during the 1950s, during the First Republic of South Korea.[2]
Electoral results
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | No. | +/– | ||||
| 2000 | 695,423 | 3.68 | 1 / 227 | new | 1 / 46 | new | 2 / 273 | new | 4th | Opposition (2000–2001) | |||
| DJP-DNP coalition (2001) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 4,347 | 0.02 | 0 / 243 |  1 | 0 / 299 | 2 | 15th | Extra-parliamentary | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "민주국민당 창당" [Founding of the Democratic People's Party]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Seoul. 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "정당스케치(1)：민주국민당〉" [Political Party Sketch (1): Democratic People's Party]. National Institute of Korean History (in Korean). Gwacheon: Kyunghyang Shinmun (Jeonseon Edition). Retrieved 2025-08-10.