Korea Nationalist Party
1948–1958 political party in South Korea
The Korea Nationalist Party (Korean: 대한국민당; Hanja: 大韓國民黨; RR: Daehangukmindang; KNP) was a political party in South Korea.
History
The party was established towards the end of 1949 by a group of 71 MPs led by Yun Chi-young.[2] In the 1950 parliamentary elections it received 9.7% of the vote and won 24 seats, emerging as the joint-largest party with the Democratic Nationalist Party. In the next elections in 1954 it was reduced to only three seats.
Yun was the KNP candidate for the vice-presidency in the 1956 elections, receiving only 2.8% of the vote. The party lost parliamentary representation in the 1958 elections
Election results
Vice President
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | Yun Chi-young | 241,278 | 2.79 | Not elected |
House of Representatives
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Yun Chi-young | 677,173 | 9.69 | 24 / 210 | new | 2nd | Opposition |
1954 | Sin Ik-hui | 72,923 | 0.97 | 3 / 203 | 21 | 4th | Opposition |
Notes
- ^ a b c first iteration
- ^ a b c second iteration