The Democratic Party (; DP) was a political party in
South Korea
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. Formerly founded as the Centrist United Democratic Party (; CUDP) after the merger of the
Democratic Party (2000),
it merged with the
Grand Unified Democratic New Party
The Grand Unified Democratic New Party (; GUDNP) 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 2007 South Korean presidential election; h ...
in February 2008.
History
On 27 June 2007, the
Democratic Party (2000) and
Central Reform United New Party
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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
The Grand Unified Democratic New Party (; GUDNP) 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 2007 South Korean presidential election; h ...
to form the
United Democratic Party.
Election results
See also
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List of political parties in South Korea
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