United New Democratic Party
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The United New Democratic Party (Hangul
: 대통합민주신당, Hanja
: 大統合民主新黨, Abbreviation
: UNDP) was a political party of South Korea
. It was formed out of the Uri Party
and its resulting splinter groups. Chung Dong-young
was the UNDP candidate in the South Korean presidential election, 2007
; he lost to Lee Myung-bak
. On February 17, 2008 the party merged with the Democratic Party to form the United Democratic Party.
chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 80 out of 152 lawmakers of the Uri Party joined the new party, a conservative-liberal minority group from the Hannara Party
(led by Son Hak-Gyu
), and a group of progressive civil rights
' group from outside South Korean politics also joined, seeking to complete political reforms.
As a result of merge with the Uri Party
, this party has been ranked as the biggest political party in the legislative by 140 of 298 seats (as of January 14, 2008). After receiving a 'shocked' result at the 2007 presidential election
, the delegates of its party decided to elect a new leader, with adopting a 'Papal conclave
'-style system. On January 11, with more than a half delegates' vote, Son Hak-Gyu
was elected to lead at the 2008 parliamentary election
.
The official result of this primary combines all votes of these key methods. First-past-the-post
and Electronic voting
system is being used.
Method 1 and 2 grants exactly 90% of results (Method 3 grants 10%). The official candidate of this party will be nominated on October 14, just after the last regional rounds finishes. Due to the executives of this party's decision, All candidates did not contested during the Hangawi
holidays and the 2007 Inter-Korean Summit
periods.
and former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook quit the race.
Here's a list of official candidates of the UNDP primary that announced on September 5, 2007, 05:30GMT.
(Placed in order. Not considered its cut-off results. Based as of September 23, 2007)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Date
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Voters
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|turnout
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Son Hak-gyu
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Chung Dong-young
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Lee Hae-chan
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Total
|-
| Ulsan
and Jeju
| September 15
| 84,257
| 18.9%
| 4,089(26.1%)
| 5,265(33.6%)
| 3,414(21.8%)
| 15,658
|-
| Gangwon-do
and North Chungcheong
| September 16
| 93,834
| 20.9%
| 5,279(26.9%)
| 8,645(44.0%)
| 5,511(28.1%)
| 19,626
|-
| Gwangju
and South Jeolla
| September 29
| 246,518
| 22.63%
| 19,906(35.68%)
| 26,065(46.71%)
| 9,826(17.61%)
| 55,797
|-
| Busan
and South Gyeongsang
| September 30
| 209,518
| 14.61%
| 8,577(28.01%)
| 11,150(36.42%)
| 10,890(35.57%)
| 30,617
|-
| Daejeon
, South Chungcheong and North Jeolla
| October 14
|
|
| 9,467(16.12%)
| 42,026(71.56%)
| 7,236(12.32%)
| 58,729
|-
| Incheon
and Gyeonggi
| October 14
|
|
| 16,747(41.88%)
| 16,142(40.37%)
| 7,098(17.75%)
| 39,987
|-
| Daegu
and North Gyeongsang
| October 14
|
|
| 3,547(38.96%)
| 2,706(29.72%)
| 2,851(31.32%)
| 9,104
|-
| Seoul
| October 14
|
|
| 13,631(32.14%)
| 20,977(49.46%)
| 7,802(18.40%)
| 42,410
|-
| Mobile votes
| October 4–14
| 238,725
| 74.33%
| 70,031(39.46%)
| 62,138(35.02%)
| 45,284(25.52%)
| 177,453
|-
| Opinion polls
| October 8–14
| align=center|-
| align=center|-
| 17,525(35.34%)
| 21,850(44.06%)
| 10,216(20.60%)
| 49,591
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|1,969,156
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|25.18%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|168,799(34.04%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|216,984(43.75%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|110,128(22.21%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|495,911
|}
Source: The current status of the UNDP Primary, Seoprise.com, Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
(민주당), forming United Democratic Party (통합민주당). This was four years after Uri Party
(열린우리당)'s split from Millennium Democratic Party (새천년민주당).
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
: 대통합민주신당, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 大統合民主新黨, Abbreviation
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
: UNDP) was a political party of South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. It was formed out of the Uri Party
Uri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
and its resulting splinter groups. Chung Dong-young
Chung Dong-young
Chung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party candidate for President of South Korea in 2007....
was the UNDP candidate in the South Korean presidential election, 2007
South Korean presidential election, 2007
The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on 19 December 2007. The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years...
; he lost to Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak is the President of South Korea. Prior to his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the mayor of Seoul. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother is Lee Sang-deuk, a South Korean politician. He attends the...
. On February 17, 2008 the party merged with the Democratic Party to form the United Democratic Party.
Brief history
The party was formed when loyalists to president Roh Moo-hyun in the Uri PartyUri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 80 out of 152 lawmakers of the Uri Party joined the new party, a conservative-liberal minority group from the Hannara Party
Grand National Party
The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012....
(led by Son Hak-Gyu
Son Hak-Gyu
Son Hak-Gyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002...
), and a group of progressive civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
' group from outside South Korean politics also joined, seeking to complete political reforms.
As a result of merge with the Uri Party
Uri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
, this party has been ranked as the biggest political party in the legislative by 140 of 298 seats (as of January 14, 2008). After receiving a 'shocked' result at the 2007 presidential election
South Korean presidential election, 2007
The 17th South Korean presidential election took place on 19 December 2007. The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years...
, the delegates of its party decided to elect a new leader, with adopting a 'Papal conclave
Papal conclave
A papal conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a Bishop of Rome, who then becomes the Pope during a period of vacancy in the papal office. The Pope is considered by Roman Catholics to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church...
'-style system. On January 11, with more than a half delegates' vote, Son Hak-Gyu
Son Hak-Gyu
Son Hak-Gyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002...
was elected to lead at the 2008 parliamentary election
South Korean parliamentary election, 2008
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats...
.
Principles of policies
This party's platform emphasized these 4 key ideologies.- DemocracyDemocracyDemocracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
- PeacePeacePeace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
- Integration (Political)
- EnvironmentalismEnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
Timeline
These list of key events has been managed by its public primary election committee(국민경선위원회).- August 21 and August 22, 2007 - Official announcement has been made by its committee. Registration process has been done.
- August 25, 2007 - The full list of official candidate for the primary has been announced. 'Cut-off' process begins.
- August 27, 2007 - 'The policy debate' for its candidates has been done.
- September 5, 2007 - The result of cut-off election (to nominate 5 candidates to go to its primary) will be announced.
- September 5 to September 14, 2007 - Nationwide 'Policy debate'(tour) will be held in several cities.
- September 15 to October 14, 2007 - The primary election will be held in 8 multi-regional areas. (see 'Results' for more details)
- October 14, 2007 - Chung Dong-youngChung Dong-youngChung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party candidate for President of South Korea in 2007....
was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party.
Rules
- Cut-off process (August 25 ~ September 5)
- The official result of cut-off process has been combining a result from public poll(50%), and a poll result from its 10,000 randomly-selected delegates(50%). 'Public poll' has been conducted from all eligible voters (whether this party is in favour or not).
- Top-5 candidates who earn more votes will join to its official primary(Result has been announced-see 'Candidates')
- Primary election (September 15 ~ October 14)
The official result of this primary combines all votes of these key methods. First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...
and Electronic voting
Electronic voting
Electronic voting is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes....
system is being used.
-
- 1. Regional Rounds from 8 multi-provincial divisions (see below)
- 2. The total number of 'Mobile vote' cast
- 3. Public opinion polls which conducted from October 8 to 14
Method 1 and 2 grants exactly 90% of results (Method 3 grants 10%). The official candidate of this party will be nominated on October 14, just after the last regional rounds finishes. Due to the executives of this party's decision, All candidates did not contested during the Hangawi
Chuseok
Chuseok , originally known as Hangawi , is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, it is held around the Autumn Equinox...
holidays and the 2007 Inter-Korean Summit
Inter-Korean Summit
Inter-Korean Summits are meetings between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea. There have been two major meetings in the last decade, the first in 2000 and the second in 2007. The importance of these summits lies in the lack of formal communication between North and South Korea, which...
periods.
Candidates
As of August 25, 2007, 9 politicians has been set up to their presidential bid. Before starting their official primary to the South Korean public, they have to access the 'cut-off' process to reduce from 9 to 5. Later, the number of candidates reduced to 3 after ex-Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-minRhyu Si-min
Rhyu Si-min is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes...
and former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook quit the race.
Here's a list of official candidates of the UNDP primary that announced on September 5, 2007, 05:30GMT.
| Name | Occupation | Key Policies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son Hak-Gyu Son Hak-Gyu Son Hak-Gyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002... (손학규) |
Former governor of Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946... |
Advanced economy, Integral society, Peace of Korean Peninsula Korean Peninsula The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of... |
led a conservative-liberal group from Hannara party Grand National Party The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012.... |
| Chung Dong-young Chung Dong-young Chung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party candidate for President of South Korea in 2007.... (정동영) |
Former Minister of Unification Ministry of Unification The Ministry of Unification is a branch of the South Korean government that is charged with working toward the reunification of Korea. It was first established in 1969 as the National Unification Board, under the rule of Park Chung-hee... |
Continental and peaceful economy, '40 million middle-class' plan, Air-7 project | Former chairperson of Uri Party Uri Party The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology... |
| Lee Hae Chan Lee Hae Chan Lee Hae-chan is a former Prime Minister of South Korea. He was nominated by president Roh Moo-hyun on June 8, 2004, confirmed by the National Assembly on June 29, and took office on June 30. He is a member of the liberal Uri Party, and was elected five times for the National Assembly... (이해찬) |
Member for Gwanak-gu Gwanak-gu Gwanak District, or Gwanak-gu is an administrative subdivision of Seoul, South Korea. It lies on southern skirt of Seoul, bordering Seoul and Anyang of Gyeonggi Province. Craggy ridgeline of Mt... -eul |
Stable peace-footing of Korean Peninsula Korean Peninsula The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of... , Employment&Education21, Social integration, Matured democracy |
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea(36th) |
(Placed in order. Not considered its cut-off results. Based as of September 23, 2007)
Results
|Region!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Date
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Voters
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|turnout
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Son Hak-gyu
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Chung Dong-young
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="15%" align=center|Lee Hae-chan
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Total
|-
| Ulsan
Ulsan
Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...
and Jeju
Jeju-do
Jeju-do is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946...
| September 15
| 84,257
| 18.9%
| 4,089(26.1%)
| 5,265(33.6%)
| 3,414(21.8%)
| 15,658
|-
| Gangwon-do
Gangwon-do (South Korea)
Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formed a single province.-History:...
and North Chungcheong
| September 16
| 93,834
| 20.9%
| 5,279(26.9%)
| 8,645(44.0%)
| 5,511(28.1%)
| 19,626
|-
| Gwangju
Gwangju
Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister...
and South Jeolla
| September 29
| 246,518
| 22.63%
| 19,906(35.68%)
| 26,065(46.71%)
| 9,826(17.61%)
| 55,797
|-
| Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
and South Gyeongsang
| September 30
| 209,518
| 14.61%
| 8,577(28.01%)
| 11,150(36.42%)
| 10,890(35.57%)
| 30,617
|-
| Daejeon
Daejeon
Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the...
, South Chungcheong and North Jeolla
| October 14
|
|
| 9,467(16.12%)
| 42,026(71.56%)
| 7,236(12.32%)
| 58,729
|-
| Incheon
Incheon
The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...
and Gyeonggi
| October 14
|
|
| 16,747(41.88%)
| 16,142(40.37%)
| 7,098(17.75%)
| 39,987
|-
| Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
and North Gyeongsang
| October 14
|
|
| 3,547(38.96%)
| 2,706(29.72%)
| 2,851(31.32%)
| 9,104
|-
| Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
| October 14
|
|
| 13,631(32.14%)
| 20,977(49.46%)
| 7,802(18.40%)
| 42,410
|-
| Mobile votes
| October 4–14
| 238,725
| 74.33%
| 70,031(39.46%)
| 62,138(35.02%)
| 45,284(25.52%)
| 177,453
|-
| Opinion polls
| October 8–14
| align=center|-
| align=center|-
| 17,525(35.34%)
| 21,850(44.06%)
| 10,216(20.60%)
| 49,591
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|1,969,156
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|25.18%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|168,799(34.04%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|216,984(43.75%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|110,128(22.21%)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|495,911
|}
Source: The current status of the UNDP Primary, Seoprise.com, Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
Re-merge with Democratic Party
On 17 February 2008, UNDP merged with Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Republic of Korea)
The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in South Korea.The Democratic Party is the main opposition in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012.-History:...
(민주당), forming United Democratic Party (통합민주당). This was four years after Uri Party
Uri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
(열린우리당)'s split from Millennium Democratic Party (새천년민주당).
See also
- United Democratic Party
- Uri PartyUri PartyThe Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
- LiberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
- Contributions to liberal theoryContributions to liberal theoryIndividual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy...
- Liberalism worldwideLiberalism worldwideThis article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
- List of liberal parties
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- Politics of South KoreaPolitics of South KoreaPolitics of the Republic of Korea takes place in the framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and...
- Liberalism in South KoreaLiberalism in South KoreaThis article gives an overview of liberalism in South Korea. It is limited to liberal democratic parties with substantial support, mainly proven by having had a representation in parliament.-Introduction:...
- List of Korea-related topics
External links
- Official Homepage (International homepage is under construction)
- Official Infopage for the 2007 presidential primary