2000 South Korean legislative election

2000 South Korean legislative election

13 April 2000
All 273 seats in the National Assembly 137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.2% (6.7 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lee Hoi-chang Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-pil Party Grand National Millennium Democratic United Liberal Democrats Leader since 31 August 1998 20 January 2000 21 March 1995 Leader's seat PR List 1 not contesting (President) PR List 1 Last election 154 seats (combined) 79 seats 50 seats Seats won 133 115 17 Seat change 21 36 33 Popular vote 7,365,359 6,780,625 1,859,331 Percentage 39.0% 35.9% 9.8%
■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 273 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first Hung Parliament in South Korean history.

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				FPTP	PR	Total	+/–
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color" |	Grand National Party	7,365,359	39.0	112	21	133	–21
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)/meta/color" |	Millennium Democratic Party	6,780,625	35.9	96	19	115	+36
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	United Liberal Democrats	1,859,331	9.8	12	5	17	–33
	Democratic People's Party	695,423	3.7	1	1	2	New
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color" |	Democratic Labor Party	223,261	1.2	0	0	0	New
bgcolor="Template:Young Progressive Party/meta/color" |	Young Progressive Party	125,082	0.7	0	0	0	New
	New Korean Party of Hope	77,498	0.4	1	0	1	New
	Republican Party	3,950	0.02	0	0	0	New
bgcolor="Template:Independents/meta/color" |	Independents	1,774,211	9.4	5	0	5	–11
Invalid/blank votes		252,384	–	–	–	–	–
Total		19,157,124	100	227	46	273	–26
Registered voters/turnout		33,482,387	57.2	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results by city/province

Region	Total seats	Seats won
		Grand National	Millennium Democratic	ULD	Democratic People's	NKPH	Ind.
		style="background:Template:Grand National Party/meta/color;" |	style="background:Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2005)/meta/color;" |	style="background:Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color;" |			style="background:Template:Independents/meta/color;" |
Seoul	45	17	28	0	0	0	0
Busan	17	17	0	0	0	0	0
Daegu	11	11	0	0	0	0	0
Incheon	11	5	6	0	0	0	0
Gwangju	6	0	5	0	0	0	1
Daejeon	6	1	2	3	0	0	0
Ulsan	5	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gyeonggi	41	18	22	1	0	0	0
Gangwon	9	3	5	0	1	0	0
North Chungcheong	7	3	2	2	0	0	0
South Chungcheong	11	0	4	6	0	1	0
North Jeolla	10	0	9	0	0	0	1
South Jeolla	13	0	11	0	0	0	2
North Gyeongsang	16	16	0	0	0	0	0
South Gyeongsang	16	16	0	0	0	0	0
Jeju	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Constituency total	227	112	96	12	1	1	5
PR list	46	21	19	5	1	0	0
Total	273	133	115	17	2	1	5

External links

• Republic of Korea: Election for Kukhoe (South Korean National Assembly) IFES]