2000 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.[1]

2000 South Korean legislative election
13 April 2000
All 273 seats in the National Assembly
137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.2% (6.7 pp)
  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 21 36 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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Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 273 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first Hung Parliament in South Korean history.[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

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
Registered voters/turnout33,482,38757.2––
Source: Nohlen et al.
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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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