People's Party (South Korea, 1963)

People's Party
국민의당
Founder Kim Byeong-ro
Heo Jeong
Lee Beom-seok
Founded September 10, 1963 (1963-09-10) (de facto)
September 13, 1963 (1963-09-13) (de jure)
Dissolved September 17, 1964 (1964-09-17)
Merger of splinter faction of Democratic Party[1]
splinter faction of Liberal Party[1]
Preceded by New Politics Party[1]
People's Friend Party[1]
Merged into Democratic Party[1]
Ideology Anti-communism[1]
People's Party
Hangul 국민의당
Hanja 國民의黨
Revised Romanization Gungminuidang
McCune–Reischauer Kungminŭidang

The People's Party (Hangul: 국민의당; Hanja: 國民의黨) was a political party in South Korea.

Electoral performance

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Total votes Share of votes Outcome
1963 Heo Jeong Quit midway through

Legislative elections

Election Total seats won Total votes Vote share Outcome of election
1963
2 / 175
 822,000 8.8 % new 2 seats; Minority

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "국민의당" [People's Party]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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