South Korean legislative election, 2000

South Korean legislative election, 2000
13 April 2000
All 273 seats to the National Assembly
137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 57.2% (Decrease6.7%)

  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil
Party Grand National Millennium Democratic ULD
Leader since 31 August 1998 20 January 2000 21 March 1995
Leader's seat PR List 1 not contesting
(President)		 PR List 1
Last election 154 seats (combined) 79 seats 50 seats
Seats won 133 115 17
Seat change Decrease 21 Increase 36 Decrease 33
Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331
Percentage 39.0% 35.9% 9.8%
■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others
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Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.[1]

Many surveys showed that the Democrats would have more seats and votes, but the result was a victory for the Grand National Party, which won 133 of the 273 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats lost 2/3 of their seats, due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong. However, the GNP did not receive a majority, so the 16th parliament became a Hung Parliament, and it was the only parliament in South Korean history — until the 2016 election[2] — that the President's ruling party did not have a majority. So the Millennium Democrats, ULD and even Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition again to gain a majority, until the ULD withdrew support in 2001. The voter turnout was 57.2%. This election was the first election contested by the Democratic Labour Party, with no seats.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Grand National Party7,365,35939.0133–21
Millennium Democratic Party6,780,62535.9115+36
United Liberal Democrats1,859,3319.817–33
Democratic People's Party695,4233.72New
Democratic Labor Party223,2611.20New
Young Progressive Party125,0820.70New
New Korean Party of Hope77,4980.41New
Republican Party3,9500.020New
Independents1,774,2119.45–11
Invalid/blank votes252,384–––
Total19,157,124100273–26
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ↑ "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction". The Asia Foundation. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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