National Independence Federation

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The National Independence Federation (Korean: 민족자립연맹, Minjok Jalib Yeonmaeng, KNP) was a centrist political party in South Korea.

History

The party was established by Kim Kyu-sik.^[1] Due to Kim's opposition to the holding of separate elections in South Korea, it boycotted the 1948 Constitutional Assembly elections.^[1] It did contest the 1950 parliamentary elections, winning a single seat.

References

1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p675

Political parties in South Korea

Numbers in brackets indicate numbers of seats in the current National Assembly (as of April 2016)

In National Assembly

Parliamentary group	Saenuri (146) The Minjoo (102) People's (20)

Non-parliamentary group	Justice (5) Christian Libertarian (1) Minjoo (1)

In Local Assemblies

Labor

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