Democratic Party
민주당
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| Abbreviation | DP |
| President | Kim Dae-jung (1991-1992) |
| Founded | 16 September 1991 |
| Dissolved | 21 December 1995 |
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| Merged into | United Democratic |
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| Political position | Centretocentre-left |
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The Democratic Party (Korean: 민주당; Hanja: 民主黨; RR: Minjudang; DP) was a political party of South Korea from 1991 to 1995.
The party was formed by the merger of New Democratic Unionist Party (NDUP) of Kim Dae-jung, and Democratic PartyofLee Ki-taek (aka Little Democrats), as a part of the opposition union. During that time, NDUP, the main opposition, faced a difficulties after they lost in 1991 local elections. Little Democratic Party, a splinter group formed by the dissidents of Kim Young-sam's United Democratic Party, was struggling with its few seats.
On 16 September 1991, both parties declared to be combined and re-founded as Democratic Party.[1] Both Kim Dae-jung (DJ; Chairman of NDUP) and Lee Ki-taek (KT; Chairman of Little Democrats), was elected as the Co-Presidents of the new party.[1]
Prior to the presidential election in 1992, DJ defeated Lee and elected as the party's presidential candidate. He was widely criticised for calling rural voters as "pro-Democratic Liberal Party (DLP; the then ruling party)" and/or "pro-Roh Tae-woo",[2] and lost to DLP's Kim Young-sam. DJ subsequently resigned his party presidency and retired from the politics.[3] KT then solely elected as the new president on 11 March 1993.[4]
The party then absorbed New Korea PartyofLee Jong-chan in the early 1995,[5] and won the local elections in 1995.[6] However, shortly after, DJ officially returned to politics, and conflicts were sparked.[7] The party's pro-DJ factions, not excluding DJ himself, left and founded a new party, named National Congress for New Politics (NCNP).[8] On 21 December, the party merged with New Party for Reform, and re-built as United Democratic Party, who then became one of the predecessor of the incumbent Liberty Korea Party.
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16 September 1991 – 11 March 1993[a] |
| 2 | Lee Ki-taek | 11 March 1993 – 28 August 1995 |
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29 August 1995 – 14 December 1995 |
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 1992 | Kim Dae-jung | 8,041,284 | 29.17 | Not elected |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status | ||
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| 1992 |
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6,004,578 | 29.2 |
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22 / 62
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97 / 299
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2nd | Opposition |
| Election | Leader | Metropolitan mayor/Governor | Provincial legislature | Municipal mayor |
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| 1995 | Lee Ki-taek |
4 / 15
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390 / 970
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84 / 230
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