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Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)
1949–1955 political party in South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP; Korean: 민주국민당; Hanja: 民主國民黨; RR: Minju gungmindang) was a conservative political party in South Korea.
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History
The DNP was established on 10 February 1949 as a merger of the Korea Democratic Party and groups that supported Yi Chong-chon (who headed a youth organisation) and Shin Ik-hee (a member of the National Association), with the new party holding 70 of the 200 seats in the Assembly.[2] It supported the creation of a parliamentary republic, and in 1950 proposed a constitutional amendment to this effect, although it was defeated in the Assembly.[2]
In the 1950 parliamentary elections the party received the highest share of the vote, although at 10%, it won only 24 of the 210 seats in a parliament dominated by independents.[2] It nominated Yi Si-yeong as its candidate for the 1952 presidential elections; he finished third with 11% of the vote.
The 1954 parliamentary elections saw the party's vote share fall to 8% as it was reduced to 15 seats. In 1955 it was succeeded by the Democratic Party.[2]
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