List of political parties in South Korea

This article lists political parties in South Korea. South Korea

South Korea

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has a multi-party system

Multi-party system

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in which political parties

Political Parties

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have a chance of gaining power alone.

Parties

, there are seven political parties present in the National Assembly

National Assembly of South Korea

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is a 299-member unicameral legislature. The latest general elections were held on April 9, 2008. Single-member constituencies comprise 245 of the National Assembly's seats, while the remaining 54 are allocated by proportional representation...

Major parties

Party	National Assembly	Comments
Grand National Party Grand National Party The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012.... (GNP) Hannara-dang 한나라당	171	represented by Chung Mong-joon
Democratic Party Democratic Party (Republic of Korea) The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in South Korea.The Democratic Party is the main opposition in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012.-History:... (DEP) Minju-dang 민주당	87	led by Son Hak-gyu; its forerunner, the Uri Party, was the ruling party from 2004 until 2007

Third parties

Party	National Assembly	Comments
Liberty Forward Party Liberty Forward Party Liberty Forward Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. This party was created by Lee Hoi Chang, the current party president, after the 2007 presidential election. On 12th February 2008 the party merged with the People First Party. The LFP got 18 seats in the 18th Parliamentary... (LFP) Jayu Seonjin-dang 자유선진당	16	led by Lee Hoi-chang Lee Hoi-chang Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician. A Catholic, he was born to an elite family in Seoheung, Hwanghae , but grew up in the south after his father, a public prosecutor, was appointed to a new post.... who was 1997 South Korean presidential election, 1997 The 15th South Korean Presidential Election took place on 19 December 1997.-Results:... /2002 South Korean Presidential Election, 2002 The 16th South Korean Presidential Election took place on 19 December 2002. The election was won by Roh Moo-Hyun of the Millennium Democratic Party, who beat Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party by just over half a million votes.-Results:... /2007 South Korean presidential election, 2007 The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on 19 December 2007. The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years... presidential nominee for Grand National Party
Future Hope Alliance (FHA) Mirae Heemang Yeondae 미래희망연대	8	supporting Grand National Party's Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician. She is a member of the Korean National Assembly and was the head of the conservative Grand National Party. She is now in her fourth parliamentary term, having first been elected in 1998. Her father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea from 1963... , led by Seo Cheongwon
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Minju Nodong-dang 민주노동당	6	represented by Gang Gigap
Creative Korea Party (CKP) Changjo Hanguk-dang 창조한국당	2	led by Song Yeongo
New Progressive Party New Progressive Party (South Korea) New Progressive Party is a left-wing political party in South Korea. New Progressive party was established by a number of Democratic Labour Party members who left the party in reaction to the dominating Korean nationalist faction.First party president was Roh Hoe-chan, elected at the 2004... (NPP) Jinbo Sin-dang 진보신당	1	led by Roh Hoe-chan Roh Hoe-chan Roh Hoe-chan is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in politics from Korea University. He was in the Democratic Labor Party as an Assembly member . Now he is the president of New Progressive Party.-External links:* * -References:... , split from Democratic Labor Party
People First Union (PFU) Gungmin Jungsim Yeonhap 국민중심연합	1	led by Sim Daepyeong, split from Liberty Forward Party

Other registered parties include:

People's Participation Party (국민참여당 Gungmin Chamyeodang)
Christian Agape Party (기독사랑실천당 Gidok Sarang Silcheondang)
Socialist Party (사회당 Sahoedang) to be re-formed from Korea Socialist Party

Liberal parties

Democratic Party (Former) (1948-1951, 1955-1961)
New Democracy Party (1967-1980)
New Korean Democratic Party (1984-1987)
Democratic Reunification Party (1987-1990)
Party for Peace and Democracy (1987-1991)
Democratic Party (1990-1995)
National Congress for New Politics (1995~200)
Millennium Democratic Party (2000-2005)
Our Uri Party
Uri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...

(2003-2007)
United New Democratic Party
United New Democratic Party
The United New Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting splinter groups. Chung Dong-young was the UNDP candidate in the South Korean presidential election, 2007; he lost to Lee Myung-bak...

(2007-2008)
United Democratic Party/Democratic Party (2008-2010)

Conservative parties

Korean Independence Party (1945-1969)
Liberal Party
Liberal Party (South Korea)
The Liberal Party is a political party in South Korean established in 1951 by Syngman Rhee.As the 1952 Presidential Elections neared, Rhee made public his intention to organize a party during his August 15 Speech in 1951. Rhee called Yi Bum-seok, then the ambassador in China, and charged him with...

(1951-1970)
Democratic-Republican Party (1963-1980)
Democratic Justice Party
Democratic Justice Party
The Democratic Justice Party was the ruling party of South Korea from 1980 to 1990.It was formed in 1980 as the Democratic Republican Party and was the political vehicle for Chun Doo-hwan....

(1981-1990)
Korean National party
Korean National party
The Korean National party is a conservative and republican political party in South Korea. Successor of Democratic-Republican Party, their was Ruling Party of 1962 - 1980. their major rivals Party of Democratic Justice Party...

(1981~1987)
New Democratic-Republican Party (1987~1990)
Democratic Liberal Party (1990-1995)
New Korea Party (1995-1997)
United Liberal Democratic Party
United Liberal Democrats
The United Liberal Democrats was a liberal conservative political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from Chungcheong region. In the 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics...

(1995-2006) - most of the members participated in People First Party
People First Party
People First Party (South Korea)
The People First Party , was a political party in South Korea. It is led by Sim Dae-pyung and Shin Kook-hwan. Its profile is center-right, conservative. The party is based in the central provinces of Chungcheong. The group absorbed the small opposition United Liberal Democrats also based in the...

(2005-2008) - current 'Liberty Forward Party'

Socialism parties