Democratic Party (South Korea, 2007)

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

Democratic Party

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

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 N Centrist Reformists Democratic Party

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