2000 South Korean legislative election

2000 South Korean legislative election

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All 273 seats in the National Assembly 137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.22% ( 6.69pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil Party Grand National Millennium Democratic United Liberal Democrats Alliance  – Alliance of DJP Alliance of DJP Last election 140 seats[a] 79 seats[b] 50 seats Seats won 133 115 17 Seat change 7 36 33 Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331 Percentage 38.96% 35.87% 9.84% Swing 6.79pp 10.57pp 6.33pp
■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others
Speaker before election Park Jyun-kyu United Liberal Democrats Elected Speaker Lee Man-sup Millennium Democratic

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.^[1]

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first hung parliament in South Korean history.^[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

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