New Democratic Party (South Korea)

The New Democratic Party of Korea (Korean: 신민당; Hanja: 新民黨; NDP) was a South Korean opposition party that existed from 1963 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]

New Democratic Party

신민당
LeaderYu Jin-oh
Founded1967
Banned1980
Preceded byNone
HeadquartersSeoul
NewspaperNone
IdeologyLiberalism
Moderate conservatism
Democratization
Political positionCentre to centre-right
ColoursRed and Green

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 Yu Jin-o 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

References
  1. "신민당" [New Democratic Party of Korea(Shin Min Dang)]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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