National Congress for New Politics

National Congress for New Politics 새정치국민회의 새政治國民會議
Leader	Kim Dae-jung
Founded	5 September 1995
Dissolved	20 January 2000
Merger of	New National (majority)
Split from	Democratic
Merged into	Millennium Democratic
Headquarters	25-4, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology	Liberalism (South Korean) Centrist reformism Sunshine Policy
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Alliance of DJP
Colours	Green
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

National Congress for New Politics
Hangul	새정치국민회의
Hanja	새政治國民會議
Revised Romanization	Saejeongchigungminhoeui
McCune–Reischauer	Saejŏngch'igungminhoeŭi

The National Congress for New Politics (NCNP; Korean: 새정치국민회의; RR: Saejeongchigungminhoeui; lit. New Politics National Conference) was a political party of South Korea.

History

The party was formed in 1995 as the National Congress for New Politics after Kim Dae-jung returned to active politics following his retirement in 1992. The majority of the party's early supporters were former members of the opposition Democratic Party, formed in 1991.

In the 1996 Parliamentary election the party managed to come a strong second, winning 79 seats. Later Kim's Democratic Party merged to the party. In the 1997 Presidential election, the party formed Alliance of DJP along with Alliance of Liberal Democrats, and Kim won the Presidency with 40% of the vote.

Dozens of members of the party, including Shin Ki-ha, were killed in the crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in August 1997.

In 2000, the party merged with the smaller New People Party, led by Rhee In-je, and a number of conservative politicians to create the Millennium Democratic Party.

Presidential election primary

Candidates

This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.

Name	Occupation	Results	Notes
Cho Sun-hyeong(조순형)	Member for Seongbuk-gu-eul		led the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004
Kim Min-seok(김민석)	Former Assembly member		Former Seoul mayoral candidate in 2002 local body election(when Lee Myung Bak was elected that position)
Lee In-je(이인제)	Member for Nonsan, Geumsan and Gyeryung		Presidential candidate of election 1997
Shin Guk-hwan(신국환)	Member for Munkyeong and Yecheon		Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Roh's Administration
Jang Sang(장 상)	Former leader of Democratic party		Former president of Ewha Womans University

• Kim Yeong-hwan(김영환), former Assembly member and also former Minister of Science and Technology of the Kim Dae-jung Administration has been declared not to run its presidential primary on August 31, 2007

Election results

President

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

Legislature

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats			Position	Status
				Constituency	Party list	Total
1996	Kim Dae-jung	4,971,961	25.30	66 / 253	13 / 46	79 / 299	2nd	Governing coalition

Local

Election	Metropolitan mayor/Governor	Provincial legislature	Municipal mayor	Municipal legislature
1998	6 / 16	271 / 616	84 / 232

See also

• List of political parties in South Korea
• Politics of South Korea
• Elections in South Korea
• Liberalism in South Korea