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

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 North Gyeongsang Province, Gangwon Province, and also fewer local votes in the Chungcheong region.

With no electoral alliance winning 137 seats, the 16th National Assembly was the first without a working majority 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.

Electoral system

Of the 273 seats, 227 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via proportional representation at the national level. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in South Korea

Parties		Leader	Ideology	Seats		Status
				Last election	Before election
	Grand National Party	Kim Young-sam	Conservatism	139 / 299 [c]	128 / 299	Opposition
				15 / 299 [d]
	Millennium Democratic Party	Cho Soon-hyung	Liberalism	79 / 299 [e]	98 / 299	Government
	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Jong-pil	Conservatism	50 / 299	52 / 299	Government
	Democratic People's Party	Cho Soon		Did not exist	8 / 299	Opposition
	New Korea Party of Hope	Kim Yong-hwan Heo Hwa-pyeong			3 / 299	Opposition

Results

115 2 133 17 1 5
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						FPTP	PR	Total	+/–
	Grand National Party			7,365,359	38.96	112	21	133	–21
	Alliance of DJP		Millennium Democratic Party	6,780,625	35.87	96	19	115	+36
			United Liberal Democrats	1,859,331	9.84	12	5	17	–33
		Total		8,639,956	45.70	108	24	132	New
	Democratic People's Party			695,423	3.68	1	1	2	New
	Democratic Labor Party			223,261	1.18	0	0	0	New
	Young Progressive Party			125,082	0.66	0	0	0	New
	New Korea Party of Hope			77,498	0.41	1	0	1	New
	Democratic Republican Party			3,950	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Independents			1,774,211	9.39	5	0	5	–11
Total				18,904,740	100.00	227	46	273	–26
Valid votes				18,904,740	98.68
Invalid/blank votes				252,384	1.32
Total votes				19,157,124	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				33,482,387	57.22
Source: Nohlen et al.

By city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		GNP	MDP	ULD	DPP	NKPH	Ind.
Seoul	45	17	28	0	0	0	0
Busan	17	17	0	0	0	0	0
Daegu	11	11	0	0	0	0	0
Incheon	11	5	6	0	0	0	0
Gwangju	6	0	5	0	0	0	1
Daejeon	6	1	2	3	0	0	0
Ulsan	5	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gyeonggi	41	18	22	1	0	0	0
Gangwon	9	3	5	0	1	0	0
North Chungcheong	7	3	2	2	0	0	0
South Chungcheong	11	0	4	6	0	1	0
North Jeolla	10	0	9	0	0	0	1
South Jeolla	13	0	11	0	0	0	2
North Gyeongsang	16	16	0	0	0	0	0
South Gyeongsang	16	16	0	0	0	0	0
Jeju	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Constituency total	227	112	96	12	1	1	5
PR list	46	21	19	5	1	0	0
Total	299	133	115	17	2	1	5

Notes

1. New Korea Party and 1 Democratic Party representative
2. as National Congress for New Politics
3. New Korea Party
4. United Democratic Party
5. as National Congress for New Politics

References

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.

External links

• Republic of Korea: Election for Kukhoe (South Korean National Assembly) IFES]