Alliance of DJP

The Alliance of DJP (Korean: DJP연합) in South Korea was a big tent political alliance formed by National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) (Millennium Democratic Party since 2000) and Alliance of Liberal Democrats (ALDE).[1] It was named after the initial of the Chairmans of both parties ― Kim Dae-jung (DJ) of NCNP and Kim Jong-pil (JP) of ALDE. It is rarely called as Alliance of DJT (DJT연합) including Park Tae-joon (TJ) who joined for the alliance.[1][2]

Alliance of DJP

DJP연합
AbbreviationDJP (unofficial)
LeaderKim Dae-jung
Founded3 November 1997
Dissolved3 September 2001
IdeologyLiberalism
Social conservatism
Big tent
Member partiesNational Congress for New Politics (1997-2000)
Millennium Democratic Party (2000-2001)
Alliance of Liberal Democrats
National Assembly
(2000 election results)
132 / 273

History

The alliance was formed after the NCNP's huge defeat during the general election in 1996, where the party only gained 76 out of 299 seats, and most of the seats were at Honam.[1] Since the general election was around 1 year before the presidential election, Kim Dae-jung faced a serious crisis.[1] His political advisor, Lee Kang-tae, suggested him about forming an alliance with ALDE in order to win the presidential election.[3]

Meanwhile, ALDE was declared as one of the "winner" of the general election, almost all seats (50/299) were at Hoseo.[3] In addition with lower approval ratings of Kim Jong-pil, he also faced the alternatives.[3]

While the idea was just a "suggestion", Park Tae-joon joined ALDE and endorsed DJ in August 1997.[1][3] It boosted the formation, and in 3 November, both DJ and JP agreed to form a political alliance.[4][3] Under the alliance, DJ would run for president but in case of his win, JP would be the Prime Minister.[1] They also agreed for constitutional amendment from presidential to parliamentary system.[1]

The alliance led DJ to win the election,[1][5] and not only at Honam but also at Hoseo.[3] They also won with a huge margin during the local election in 1998.[6] However, conflicts were sparked and for the general election in 2000, they faced dissidents issue. This led the alliance to be lost in the election, whereas the main opposition, Grand National Party (GNP), won but minority.[7]

The defeat was more serious for ALDE, which only gained 17 out of 273, and was unable to be a parliamentary that required minimum 20.[7] In order to settle this problem, 3 MPs of MDP shifted to ALDE.[8] However, the alliance was still not enough to form a majority government, therefore they formed a coalition between Democratic National Party (DNP).[9] Nevertheless, the alliance did not last long, as ALDE supported the oppositions' motion of no-confidence for Lim Dong-won, the Minister of Unification, on 3 September 2001.[10] The alliance was then disbanded on that day.[10]

Election results

Presidential election
Election Candidate Total votes Share of votes Outcome
1997 Kim Dae-jung 10,326,275 40.3% Elected Y

Parliamentary election
Election National Assembly Government Size Leader
Votes % Seats won
2000 8,639,956 45.7%
132 / 273
 Minority gov't (2000-2001) 2nd Kim Dae-jung
DJP-DNP coalition (2001)

Local election
Election Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Election leader
1998
10 / 16
398 / 690
113 / 232
 Kim Dae-jung
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References
  1. "[어땠을까] 덧셈정치의 역사…해야 이긴다?". 5 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. "[이슈2]문재인 정부 운명 가를 2019년, '魔의 41.08%' 지킬까". 1 January 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. "[그날] YS-JP 막전막후 지원(협력) DJ정권 탄생 비화". 6 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. "대선 3각구도 재편". 3 November 1997. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. "DJ 정신과 호남팔이". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. "국민회의6 자민련4 한나라6명". 5 June 1998. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. "16대 총선 결과 한나라당 원내 제1당 유지[조동엽]". 14 April 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. "[만물상] 꼼수 국회". 25 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  9. "[개각]3당 연합 개각 단행[박성호]". 26 March 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. "자민련/민주당, 3년 반만에 공조 붕괴[도인태]". 3 September 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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