Democratic Party (South Korea, 2007)
Democratic Party 민주당 民主黨 | |
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Democratic Party (2005) | |
| Merged into | United Democratic Party |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Blue green |
| Democratic Party | |
| Hangul | 민주당 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Minjudang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minjutang |
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The Democratic Party (
Democratic Party (2005),[1] it merged with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party
in February 2008.
History
On 27 June 2007, the
Democratic Party (2005)
and New Party for Centrist Reform and Alliance merged and formed the Centrist United Democratic Party.
On August 13, 2007, the party changed its name to the Democratic Party.
In-je was elected the party's Presidential candidate by the delegates on 14 October 2007, but received poor results in the election on December 19: He obtained only 0.7% of the vote
On 18 February 2008, the party merged with the
United Democratic Party
.
Election results
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Lee In-je | 160,708 | 0.68 | Not elected |
See also
- List of political parties in South Korea
- Politics of South Korea
- Elections in South Korea
- Liberalism in South Korea
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
References
- ^ "민주당 당명 '환원'…로고도 '원상복구'". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
