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

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

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

References

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