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 | |
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Abbreviation | NDP |
Leader | Yu Jin-oh |
Founded | |
Dissolved | |
Ideology | Liberalism Liberal conservatism Democratisation |
Political position | Centre-right |
Party flag | |
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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1967 | Yun Bo-seon | 4,526,541 | 40.93 | Not elected |
1971 | Kim Dae-jung | 5,395,900 | 45.26 | Not elected |
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status | |||
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Constituency | Party list | Total | +/– | ||||||
1967 | Yu Jin-o | 3,554,224 | 32.74 | 28 / 131
|
17 / 44
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45 / 175
|
new | 2nd | Opposition |
1971 | Kim Hong-il | 4,969,050 | 44.38 | 65 / 153
|
24 / 51
|
89 / 204
|
44 | Opposition | |
1973 | Yu Chin-san | 3,577,300 | 32.55 | 52 / 146
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37 | Opposition | |||
1978 | Yi Cheol-seung | 4,861,204 | 32.82 | 61 / 154
|
9 | Opposition |
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.]