2000 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.[1]

2000 South Korean legislative election
South Korea
13 April 2000

All 273 seats in the National Assembly
137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.22% (Decrease 6.69pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Grand National Lee Hoi-chang 38.96 133 -21
Millennium Democratic Kim Dae-jung 35.87 115 +36
United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil 9.84 17 -33
Democratic People's Cho Soon 3.68 2 New
New Korea Kim Yong-hwan
Heo Hwa-pyeong
0.41 1 New
Independents 9.39 5 -11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the election
Speaker before Speaker after
Park Jyun-kyu
United Liberal Democrats
Lee Man-sup
Millennium Democratic

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first hung parliament in South Korean history.[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

Political parties

Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status
Last election Before election
Grand National Party Kim Young-sam Conservatism
139 / 299
[lower-alpha 1]
128 / 299
Government
15 / 299
[lower-alpha 2]
Millennium Democratic Party Cho Soon-hyung Liberalism
79 / 299
[lower-alpha 3]
98 / 299
Opposition
United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil Conservatism
50 / 299
52 / 299
Opposition
Democratic People's Party Cho Soon Did not exist
8 / 299
Opposition
New Korea Party of Hope Kim Yong-hwan
Heo Hwa-pyeong
3 / 299
Opposition

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
FPTPPRTotal+/–
Grand National Party7,365,35938.9611221133–21
Alliance of DJPMillennium Democratic Party6,780,62535.879619115+36
United Liberal Democrats1,859,3319.8412517–33
Total8,639,95645.7010824132New
Democratic People's Party695,4233.68112New
Democratic Labor Party223,2611.18000New
Young Progressive Party125,0820.66000New
New Korea Party of Hope77,4980.41101New
Democratic Republican Party3,9500.02000New
Independents1,774,2119.39505–11
Total18,904,740100.0022746273–26
Valid votes18,904,74098.68
Invalid/blank votes252,3841.32
Total votes19,157,124100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,482,38757.22
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province

Region Total
seats
Seats won
GNP MDP ULD DPP NKPH Ind.
Seoul 45 17 28 0 0 0 0
Busan 17 17 0 0 0 0 0
Daegu 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
Incheon 11 5 6 0 0 0 0
Gwangju 6 0 5 0 0 0 1
Daejeon 6 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ulsan 5 4 0 0 0 0 1
Gyeonggi 41 18 22 1 0 0 0
Gangwon 9 3 5 0 1 0 0
North Chungcheong 7 3 2 2 0 0 0
South Chungcheong 11 0 4 6 0 1 0
North Jeolla 10 0 9 0 0 0 1
South Jeolla 13 0 11 0 0 0 2
North Gyeongsang 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
South Gyeongsang 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
Jeju 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Constituency total 227 112 96 12 1 1 5
PR list 46 21 19 5 1 0 0
Total 299 133 115 17 2 1 5

Notes

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction". The Asia Foundation. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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