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
Turnout57.22% (Decrease 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 Decrease 7 Increase 36 Decrease 33
Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331
Percentage 38.96% 35.87% 9.84%
Swing Decrease 6.79pp Increase 10.57pp Decrease 6.33pp

GNP MDP ULD DPP NKPH Others

Speaker before election

Park Jyun-kyu
United Liberal Democrats

Elected Speaker

Lee Man-sup
Millennium Democratic

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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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction". The Asia Foundation. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-17.