The Democratic Party (DP; ) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly founded as the Centrist United Democratic Party (CUDP; ) after the merger of the
Democratic Party (2005),
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 party's candidate in the 2007 South Korean presidential electi ...
in February 2008.
History
On 27 June 2007, the
Democratic Party (2005) and New Party for Centrist Reform and Alliance 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 party's candidate in the 2007 South Korean presidential electi ...
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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