The Democratic Party () was a political party of South Korea from 1990 to 1991. The party was often called as Little Democrats () due to its minority status.

History

The party was formed by the former members of the

Reunification Democratic Party The Reunification Democratic Party (RDP; ) was a political party of South Korea from 1987 to 1990. The party was established in April 1987 by Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam, splitting from the New Korean Democratic Party. The party faced anoth ...

(UDP), who opposed the party's merger with the ruling

Democratic Justice Party The Democratic Justice Party (DJP; ) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1990. History Chun Doo-hwan had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own r ...

(DJP) and

New Democratic Republican Party The New Democratic Republican Party () was a South Korean conservative political party which formed in 1987 and dissolved in 1990. It was particularly strong in Hoseo, the home region of party leader Kim Jong-pil. However, it merged with two othe ...

(NDRP). After UDP declared its combination with DJP and NDRP on 22 January 1990, dissidents refused to join the newly formed Democratic Liberal Party. The dissidents, led by Lee Ki-taek, officially launched Democratic Party on 15 June. The day, the party held a leadership election, and elected Lee as its Chairman. However, due to the few seats in the

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, the party subsequently initiated the combination with the main opposition,

Peace Democratic Party The New United Democratic Party (NUDP; ) was a political party of South Korea from 1987 to 1991. The party was established as the Peace Democratic Party (PDP; ) in October 1987 by Kim Dae-jung and his followers to contest the presidential elect ...

(PDP), led by

Kim Dae-jung Kim Dae-jung (, ; 6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician, activist and statesman who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. Kim entered politics as a member of the new wing of the Democratic Pa ...

( New Democratic Unionist Party aka NDUP since 15 April 1991). Lee stepped down as the Chairman on 16 November, after the first attempt was failed. However, he then returned as the Chairman on 3 February 1991, since no one could replace him. The party faced a huge defeat in 1991 local elections, when DLP won majority. After that, the party initiated the 2nd negotiation with NDUP, and agreed on 11 September. 5 days later, both NDUP and DP was successfully combined and re-built as the new Democratic Party.

Party leadership

Party Presidents

Election results

Local

References

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