Alliance of DJP
DJP연합
AbbreviationDJP (unofficial)
LeaderKim Dae-jung
Founded3 November 1997
Dissolved3 September 2001
Political positionBig tent
Member partiesNational Congress for New Politics (1997-2000)
Millennium Democratic Party (2000-2001)
United Liberal Democrats

The Alliance of DJP (Korean: DJP연합) was a big tent political alliance formed by the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) (Millennium Democratic Party since 2000) and the United Liberal Democrats (ULD).[1] It was named after the initials of the Chairmen of both parties ― Kim Dae-jung (DJ) of the NCNP and Kim Jong-pil (JP) of the ULD. It is rarely called as Alliance of DJT (DJT연합) including Park Tae-joon (TJ) who also joined the alliance.[1][2]

History

The alliance was formed after the NCNP's huge defeat during the general election in 1996, where the party only gained 76 out of 299 seats, and most of the seats were at Honam.[1] Since the general election was around 1 year before the presidential election, Kim Dae-jung faced a serious crisis.[1] His political advisor, Lee Kang-tae, suggested him about forming an alliance with ULD in order to win the presidential election.[3]

Meanwhile, ULD was declared as one of the "winner" of the general election, almost all seats (50/299) were at Hoseo.[3] In addition with lower approval ratings of Kim Jong-pil, he also faced the alternatives.[3]

While the idea was just a "suggestion", Park Tae-joon joined ULD and endorsed DJ in August 1997.[1][3] It boosted the formation, and in 3 November, both DJ and JP agreed to form a political alliance.[4][3] Under the alliance, DJ would run for president but in case of his win, JP would be the Prime Minister.[1] They also agreed for constitutional amendment from presidential to parliamentary system.[1]

The alliance led DJ to win the election,[1][5] and not only at Honam but also at Hoseo.[3] They also won with a huge margin during the local election in 1998.[6] However, conflicts were sparked and for the general election in 2000, they faced dissidents issue. This led the alliance losing the election, whereas the main opposition, Grand National Party (GNP), won but minority.[7]

The defeat was more serious for ULD, which only gained 17 out of 273, and was unable to be a parliamentary that required minimum 20.[7] In order to settle this problem, 3 MPs of MDP shifted to ULD.[8] However, the alliance was still not enough to form a majority government, therefore they formed a coalition between Democratic National Party (DNP).[9] Nevertheless, the alliance did not last long, as ULD supported the oppositions' motion of no-confidence for Lim Dong-won, the Minister of Unification, on 3 September 2001.[10] The alliance was then disbanded on that day.[10]

Election results

Presidential

Election Candidate Votes  % Outcome
1997 Kim Dae-jung 10,326,275 40.27 Elected

Legislature

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Position Status
Constituency Party list Total
2000 Kim Dae-jung 8,639,956 45.71
108 / 227
24 / 46
132 / 273
 2nd Minority gov't (2000-2001)
DJP-DNP coalition (2001)

Local

Election Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature
1998 Kim Dae-jung
10 / 16
398 / 690
113 / 232

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "[어땠을까] 덧셈정치의 역사…해야 이긴다?". 5 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "[이슈2]문재인 정부 운명 가를 2019년, '魔의 41.08%' 지킬까". 1 January 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "[그날] YS-JP 막전막후 지원(협력) DJ정권 탄생 비화". 6 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "대선 3각구도 재편". 3 November 1997. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "DJ 정신과 호남팔이". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "국민회의6 자민련4 한나라6명". 5 June 1998. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. 1 2 "16대 총선 결과 한나라당 원내 제1당 유지[조동엽]". 14 April 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "[만물상] 꼼수 국회". 25 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "[개각]3당 연합 개각 단행[박성호]". 26 March 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. 1 2 "자민련/민주당, 3년 반만에 공조 붕괴[도인태]". 3 September 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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