United Liberal Democrats
자유민주연합
AbbreviationULD
LeaderKim Jong-pil
FounderKim Jong-pil
FoundedMarch 30, 1995
DissolvedApril 7, 2006
Merger ofNew Democratic
Split fromNew Korea
Merged intoGrand National
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Colors  Green
Party flag
United Liberal Democrats
Hangul
자유민주연합
Hanja
自由民主聯合
Revised RomanizationJayuminjuyeonhap
McCune–ReischauerChayuminjuyŏnhap
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The United Liberal Democrats (Korean: 자유민주연합, romanized: Yayuminjuyeonhab, lit. 'Liberal Democratic Union', ULD) was a right-wing[1][2] conservative[3] political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from the North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions. The short Korean name is Jaminryeon (Korean: 자민련, lit. 'Liberal Union'; ULD).

The Party was in a government coalition with Kim Dae-jung's Democratic Party from 1998 to 2001.

In the 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed. Subsequently, most lawmakers from the party chose to defect from the party to form a new party, People First Party. Kim Hak-won, the only remaining lawmaker of the party who was also the president of the party then, announced the merger of the party with the main opposition Grand National Party on February 20, 2006.

Election results

Legislature

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes  % Seats +/- Votes  % Seats +/- No. +/–
1996 Kim Jong-pil 3,178,474 16.17
41 / 253
 new
9 / 46
 new
50 / 299
 new 3rd Governing coalition
2000 1,859,331 9.84
12 / 227
 Decrease 29
5 / 46
 Decrease 4
17 / 273
 Decrease 33 Opposition
2004 569,083 2.67
8 / 243
 Decrease 4 600,462 2.82
0 / 56
 Decrease 5
4 / 299
 Decrease 13 5th Opposition

Local

Election Leader Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor
1995 Kim Jong-pil
3 / 15
94 / 875
23 / 230

References

  1. ↑ Bluth, Christoph (2008), Korea, Polity, p. 104, ISBN 9780745633572
  2. ↑ Helgesen, Geir (2002), "Imported democracy: The South Korean experience", Globalization and Democratization in Asia, Routledge, p. 90, ISBN 9780415277303
  3. ↑ Bluth, Christoph (2011), Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Potomac Books, p. 89, ISBN 9781574888874
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