2000 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.[1]
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All 273 seats in the National Assembly 137 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 57.22% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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 | ||
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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 alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
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FPTP | PR | Total | +/– | |||||||
Grand National Party | 7,365,359 | 38.96 | 112 | 21 | 133 | –21 | ||||
Alliance of DJP | Millennium Democratic Party | 6,780,625 | 35.87 | 96 | 19 | 115 | +36 | |||
United Liberal Democrats | 1,859,331 | 9.84 | 12 | 5 | 17 | –33 | ||||
Total | 8,639,956 | 45.70 | 108 | 24 | 132 | New | ||||
Democratic People's Party | 695,423 | 3.68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | New | ||||
Democratic Labor Party | 223,261 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Young Progressive Party | 125,082 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
New Korea Party of Hope | 77,498 | 0.41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||||
Democratic Republican Party | 3,950 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Independents | 1,774,211 | 9.39 | 5 | 0 | 5 | –11 | ||||
Total | 18,904,740 | 100.00 | 227 | 46 | 273 | –26 | ||||
Valid votes | 18,904,740 | 98.68 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 252,384 | 1.32 | ||||||||
Total votes | 19,157,124 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 33,482,387 | 57.22 | ||||||||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
By city/province
Region | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
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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 |
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction". The Asia Foundation. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.