Democratic Party (South Korea, 2007)

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Democratic Party
민주당
Founded27 June 2007
Dissolved17 February 2008
Preceded byDemocratic Party (2000)
Merged intoUnited Democratic Party
IdeologyLiberalism (South Korea)
Conservative liberalism
ColoursGreen, yellow (informally)
Democratic Party
Hangul
민주당
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMinjudang
McCune–ReischauerMinjutang

The Democratic Party was a brief political party of South Korea founded after the dissolution of the Democratic Party (2000).[1]

History[]

On 27 June 2007 the Democratic Party (2000) dissolved and formed the Democratic Party (2007).

In-je was elected the party's Presidential candidate by the delegates on 14 October 2007 and the party changed its name to Centrist Reformists Democratic Party but received poor results in the election on December 19: He obtained only 0.7% of the vote

On 17 February 2008 the party merged with the United New Democratic Party to form the United Democratic Party.

Election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Election Candidate Total votes Share of votes Outcome Party Name
2007 Lee In-je 160,708 0.7% Lost Red XN Centrist Reformists Democratic Party

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "민주당 당명 '환원'…로고도 '원상복구'".
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