Democratic Party
민주당
民主黨
Founded27 June 2007
Dissolved17 February 2008
Merger of
Merged intoUnited Democratic Party
Ideology
Colours  Blue green
Democratic Party
Hangul
민주당
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMinjudang
McCune–ReischauerMinjutang
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The Democratic Party (Korean: 민주당; Hanja: 民主黨; RR: Minjudang; DP) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly founded as the Centrist United Democratic Party (Korean: 중도통합민주당; Hanja: 民主黨; RR: Jungdotonghabminjudang; CUDP) after the merger of the Democratic Party (2005),[1] it merged with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party in February 2008.

History

Logo of the Centrist United Democratic Party

On 27 June 2007, the Democratic Party (2005) and Central Reform United New Party 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 Grand Unified Democratic New Party to form the United Democratic Party.

Election results

Election Candidate Votes % Outcome
2007 Lee In-je 160,708 0.68 Not elected

See also

References

  1. ^ "민주당 당명 '환원'…로고도 '원상복구'".
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