New Democratic Party (South Korea)

The New Democratic Party (Korean: 신민당; Hanja: 新民黨; RR: Sinmindang; MR: Sinmindang, NDP) was a South Korean opposition party that existed from 1967 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.[2]

New Democratic Party
신민당
新民黨
AbbreviationNDP
LeaderYu Jin-oh
Founded
Dissolved
Merger of
Split fromLiberal
HeadquartersSeoul
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Colours  Red
Party flag
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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

President
Election Candidate Votes  % Result
1967 Yun Bo-seon 4,526,541 40.93 Not elected
1971 Kim Dae-jung 5,395,900 45.26 Not elected

Legislature
Election Leader Votes  % Seats Position Status
Constituency Party list Total +/–
1967 Yu Jin-o 3,554,224 32.74
28 / 131
17 / 44
45 / 175
 new 2nd Opposition
1971 Kim Hong-il 4,969,050 44.38
65 / 153
24 / 51
89 / 204
 Increase 44 Opposition
1973 Yu Chin-san 3,577,300 32.55
52 / 146
 Decrease 37 Opposition
1978 Yi Cheol-seung 4,861,204 32.82
61 / 154
 Increase 9 Opposition

See also

Notes
  1. First iteration
  2. Second iteration
  3. Banned

References
  1. "신민당". Naver Knowledge Encyclopedia (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 September 2021. 1967년의 제6대 대통령선거와 제7대 국회의원 총선거를 앞두고, 분열된 보수 야당세력을 통합하여 평화적 정권교체를 이룩할 목표로 1967년 2월 7일에 창당되었다. [Ahead of the sixth presidential election and the seventh general election of the National Assembly in 1967, it was founded on February 7, 1967, with the aim of achieving a peaceful regime change by integrating divided conservative opposition forces.]
  2. "신민당" [New Democratic Party of Korea(Shin Min Dang)]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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