New Democratic Party (South Korea)

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New Democratic Party 신민당
Former South Korean Party
Leader	Yu Jin-oh
Founded	1967
Banned	1980
Preceded by	None
Headquarters	Seoul
Newspaper	None
Ideology	Liberal conservatism Moderate conservatism Democratization
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Colours	Red and Green
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

The New Democratic Party of Korea (Korean: 신민당; Hanja: 新民黨; NDP) was a South Korean opposition party that existed from 1967 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.^[1]

Timeline of the party[]

• 7 February 1967 – founded as a coalition of the parties opposing the Park regime – that is, the New Korea Party led by former President Yun Bo-seon and Populist Party led by Park Sun-cheon.
• 21 February 1967 – officially registered.
• 8 September 1969 – internal party crisis, as there is no consensus about the amendment of the constitution to allow Park Chung-hee run for a third reelection.
• 21 September 1969 – the party is again registered.
• 26 January 1970 – the Liberal Party representatives join the NDP.
• 3 February 1970 – the independents in the National Assembly of South Korea join the NDP to strengthen the opposition.
• March 1971 – the party unanimously elects Kim Dae-jung as candidate in the presidential election.
• 1973-1979 – Kim Young-sam as New Democratic Party leader in the National Assembly
• 27 October 1980 – the party is dissolved by the transitory dispositions of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic of South Korea.

Election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Candidate		Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome	Party Name
1967	Yun Bo-seon		4,526,541	40.9%	Lost N	New Democratic Party
1971	Kim Dae-jung		5,395,900	45.3%	Lost N	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%	45 seats; Minority		New Democratic Party
1971	89 / 204	4,969,050	44.4%	44 seats; Minority	Kim Hong-il	New Democratic Party
1973	52 / 219	3,577,300	32.5%	37 seats; Minority	Yu Chin-san	New Democratic Party
1978	61 / 231	4,861,204	32.8%	9 seats; Minority	Yi Cheol-seung	New Democratic Party

See also[]

• Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)
• Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011)
• New Politics Alliance for Democracy

References[]