List of political parties in South Korea

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This article lists political parties in South Korea. South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system,[1][2] characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. Political parties have a chance of gaining power alone.

Current parties

Main parties

Following the 2016 legislative election, four political parties will be present in the 20th National Assembly:

Party Assembly
seats		 Party leader Floor leader Position Comments Status
  Minjoo Party of Korea (MPK)
더불어민주당
Deobureo minjudang 		123 Kim Chong-in Woo Sang-ho Centre to Centre-left
[3][4]		 see: Liberalism in South Korea
Liberal; merged from the Democratic Party and the minor New Political Vision Party.		 Opposition
  Saenuri Party (SP)
새누리당
Saenuridang		 122 Won Yoo-chul Chung Jin-suk Centre-right
[5][6][7][8][9] to Right-wing[10][11]		 see: Conservatism in South Korea
Conservative; formerly called the Grand National Party.		 Ruling party
  People's Party (PP)
국민의당
Gungminuidang 		38 Ahn Cheol-soo, Chun Jung-bae Park Jie-won Centre see: Liberalism in South Korea
Liberal; splintered from the Minjoo Party of Korea.		 Opposition
Justice Party (JP)
정의당
Jeonguidang		 6 Sim Sang-jung, Na Gyung-che, Kim Se-kyun, Roh Hoe-chan Centre-left to Left-wing See: Progressivism in South Korea
Progressive; splintered from the Unified Progressive Party

Notes:

  1. The total number of representatives is 300.
  2. 11 elected representatives are independents.

Extra-parliamentary parties

Defunct parties

Timeline of all mainstream political parties

Conservative parties

Mainstream parties

Minor parties

Liberal parties

Mainstream parties

Minor parties

Progressive parties

Green parties

Banned parties

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wong, Joseph (2015). "South Korea's Weakly Institutionalized Party System". Party System Institutionalization in Asia: Democracies, Autocracies, and the Shadows of the Past. Cambridge University Press. pp. 260–279.
  2. ↑ Wong, Joseph (2012). "Transitioning from a dominant party system to multi-party system: The case of South Korea". Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa: Insights from the Developing World. United Nations University Press. pp. 68–84.
  3. ↑ Kang, Jiwon (2014-03-02). "[강지원의 뉴스! 정면승부] "국가지도자 추구하는 안철수, 의원 2명인 곳에서 뜻 펼치긴 어려워"-민주당 설훈 의원" (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. ↑ Chae, Jongwon (2014-03-31). 안보·경제민주화 양축…金·安 공동대표 가능성 (in Korean). Maeil Economy. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  5. ↑ Manyin, Mark E. (2003), South Korean Politics and Rising "Anti-Americanism": Implications for U.S. Policy Toward North Korea (PDF), Congressional Research Service
  6. ↑ The Economist, print edition, April 11, 2008, South Korea's election: A narrow victory for the business-friendly centre-right, Accessed Oct 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ Cronin, Patrick M. (2009), Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security Role in a Changing World, INSS
  8. ↑ Global Security: Japan and Korea; Tenth Report of Session 2007-08, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, 2008
  9. ↑ Klassen, Thomas R. (2013), Korea's Retirement Predicament: The Ageing Tiger, Routledge, p. 12
  10. ↑ Oum, Young Rae (2008), Korean American diaspora subjectivity: Gender, ethnicity, dependency, and self-reflexivity, ProQuest, p. 144
  11. ↑ Routledge Handbook of Criminology
  12. ↑ Yonhap News Agency, December 19, 2014, , “...South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the dissolution of a pro-North Korean minor opposition party...”
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