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South Korea

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Politics and government of
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Political parties in South Korea lists political parties in South Korea. South Korea has a multi-party system, in which parties have a chance of gaining power alone.

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[edit] Parties

As of August 2008, there are seven political parties present in the National Assembly:

[edit] Major parties

Party National Assembly Comments
Grand National Party(GNP)
Hannara-dang 한나라당
170 represented by Park Hee-tae
Democratic Party (DEP)
Minju-dang 민주당
84 led by Chung Sye Kyun, which was de facto ruling party until 2007

[edit] Third parties

Party National Assembly Comments
Liberty Forward Party (LFP)
Jayu Seonjin-dang 자유선진당
18 led by Lee Hoi-chang who was 1997/2002/2007 presidential nominee for Grand National Party
Pro-Park Coalition (Park)
Chin-bak Yeon-dae 친박연대
5 supporting Grand National Party's Park Geun-hye, led by Suh Chung-won
Democratic Labor Party (DLP)
Minju Nodong-dang 민주노동당
5 represented by Gang Gi-gap
Creative Korea Party (CKP)
Changjo Hanguk-dang 창조한국당
1 led by Moon Kook-hyun
New Progressive Party (NPP)
Jinbo Sin-dang 진보신당
1 led by Roh Hoe-chan, split from Democratic Labor Party

Other registered parties include:

  • Christian Agape (기독사랑실천당 Gidok Sarang Silcheondang)
  • Socialist Party (사회당 Sahoedang) to be re-formed from Korea Socialist Party

[edit] In the National Assembly

Parties in the 18th Assembly of South Korea
Group Seats  %
Grand National Party 170 57.4
Democratic Party 84 28.4
Forward and Renewal Alliance*
Liberty Forward Party
Creative Korea Party**
20
18
2
6.8
6.0
0.8
Pro-Park Coalition 5 1.7
Democratic Labor Party 5 1.7
New Progressive Party 1 0.3
Creative Korea Party** 1 0.3
Independents 10 3.4
Total*** 296 100.0

Note:

  1. * Negotiation groups can be formed by 20 or more members. There are currently 3 negotiation groups in the Assembly, two are party groups formed by Grand National Party and Democratic Party, and the other one is a solidarity group, jointly formed by Liberty Forward Party and Creative Korea Party.
  2. ** One member of Creative Korea Party refused to join Forward and Renewal Alliance group
  3. *** 3 Members of the Assembly of Pro-Park Alliance lost their seats due to violation of election law. Seats of proportional representatives lost by violation of election law cannot be succeeded in South Korea, thus total seats of 18th National Assembly also reduced to 296.
  4. Source: official website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Distribution chart of seats in the 18th Assembly of South Korea.png

[edit] Defunct parties

[edit] Liberal parties

[edit] Conservative parties

[edit] See also

[edit] References




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