2000 South Korean legislative election

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2000 South Korean legislative election
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All 273 seats in the National Assembly
137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.2% (Decrease 6.7pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil
Party Grand National Democratic ULD
Leader since 31 August 1998 20 January 2000 21 March 1995
Leader's seat PR List 1 not contesting
(President) 		PR List 1
Last election 154 seats
(NKP and UDP) 		79 seats
(as NCNP) 		50 seats
Seats won 133 115 17
Seat change Decrease 21 Increase 36 Decrease 33
Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331
Percentage 39.0% 35.9% 9.8%
Swing Decrease 6.7pp Increase 10.6pp Decrease 6.4pp
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■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others
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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.[1]

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 273 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first Hung Parliament in South Korean history.[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
FPTPPRTotal+/–
Grand National Party7,365,35938.9611221133–21
Millennium Democratic Party6,780,62535.879619115+36
United Liberal Democrats1,859,3319.8412517–33
Democratic People's Party695,4233.68112New
Democratic Labor Party223,2611.18000New
Young Progressive Party125,0820.66000New
New Korea Party of Hope77,4980.41101New
Republican Party3,9500.02000New
Independents1,774,2119.39505–11
Total18,904,740100.0022746273–26
Valid votes18,904,74098.68
Invalid/blank votes252,3841.32
Total votes19,157,124100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,482,38757.22
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province[]

Region Total
seats 		Seats won
Grand National Millennium Democratic ULD Democratic People's NKPH Ind.
Seoul 45 17 28 0 0 0 0
Busan 17 17 0 0 0 0 0
Daegu 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
Incheon 11 5 6 0 0 0 0
Gwangju 6 0 5 0 0 0 1
Daejeon 6 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ulsan 5 4 0 0 0 0 1
Gyeonggi 41 18 22 1 0 0 0
Gangwon 9 3 5 0 1 0 0
North Chungcheong 7 3 2 2 0 0 0
South Chungcheong 11 0 4 6 0 1 0
North Jeolla 10 0 9 0 0 0 1
South Jeolla 13 0 11 0 0 0 2
North Gyeongsang 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
South Gyeongsang 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
Jeju 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Constituency total 227 112 96 12 1 1 5
PR list 46 21 19 5 1 0 0
Total 273 133 115 17 2 1 5

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction". The Asia Foundation. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

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