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Partition of Gyeonggi Province

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Gyeonggi Province is the most populous province in South Korea . It has been the subject of proposals to divide it into two provinces since 1987.

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6-687: During the 1992 South Korean presidential election , Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung made a promise to establish North Gyeonggi Province. In 2014, the Council of Gyeonggi Province sponsored its partition, However this plan was opposed by the provincial governor Nam Kyung-pil . This South Korea -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1992 South Korean presidential election Roh Tae-woo Independent Kim Young-sam Democratic Liberal Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1992,

12-594: A third party candidate. Lee Jong-chan withdrew his campaign and endorsed RNP nominee Chung Ju-yung in December. The Democratic National Convention was held from 25 to 26 May at the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium . At the convention, Kim Dae-jung , 6-term lawmaker from South Jeolla , defeated Lee Ki-taek, 7-term lawmaker from Busan , and won the nomination. Of 2,426 delegates present at the convention, 1,443 had been from Kim's faction and only 983 from Lee's, so Kim

18-539: The Democratic Liberal Party , led by President Roh Tae-woo . Before they merged, Roh's party did not have a majority in the National Assembly. After they merged, they had over a two-thirds majority , which could pass bills without any obstruction from the opposition. Roh could not run for re-election due to the constitution limiting the president to a single five-year term. Kim Dae-jung , an opponent in

24-483: The 1987 election who finished third behind Kim Young-sam and Roh Tae-woo ran again in 1992. Hyundai businessman Chung Ju-yung also ran in the election. The Democratic Liberal Party national convention was held on 19 May at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena . Nine-term lawmaker from Busan Kim Young-sam won the nomination, defeating four-term lawmaker from Seoul Lee Jong-chan, who did not concede and ran as

30-442: The second democratic presidential elections since the end of military rule in 1987. Voter turnout was 81.9%. In the first regular presidential election with no military candidates since 1960, Kim Young-sam of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party won with 41 percent of the vote. On 22 January 1990 two opposition leaders Kim Young-sam and Kim Jong-pil merged their parties into the ruling party Democratic Justice Party to form

36-570: Was thought as the presumptive nominee even before the convention began. At the UNP National Convention held on 15 May at the KOEX in Seoul, Chung Ju-yung was nominated for president by a yay-nay rising vote. The right-wing conservative Democratic Liberal Party presidential candidate Kim Young-Sam won the presidential election, defeating opposition Democratic Party leader Kim Dae-Jung , marking

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