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16-498: The party was formed on 21 April 1987 as a split from the New Korean Democratic Party by Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung. Despite the strong gains the party achieved in the 1985 legislative election , internal conflicts grew within the party, especially on the intensity of the struggle against the dictatorship and demand for a direct, democratic election of the president. Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung took hard-line against

32-517: The Chun regime, while the erstwhile party leader, Lee Min-woo took the more conciliatory tone. The issue came to fore with the revelation of "Lee Min-woo Plan" ( 이민우 구상 ) on December 24, 1986. Lee Min-woo declared his willingness to accept the constitutional revision to the parliamentary system . The plan was criticized by both Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung as a capitulation to the dictatorship, and were personally humiliated that Lee Min-woo hasn't discussed

48-724: The Fifth Republic , was enacted later in October. The following January, Chun created the Democratic Justice Party, which garnered the support of most DRP lawmakers and politicians; for all intents and purposes it was the DRP under a new name. He was elected as the first president of the Fifth Republic in 1981. Although the DJP won large majorities at legislative elections in 1981 and 1985 and

64-533: The New Democratic Party , notably opposition leaders Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam despite being still barred from running. The party made strong gains across the country, largely thanks to its focus on greater democratic rights. The Korean National Party had been formed by former members of the Democratic Republican Party in the run-up to the 1981 elections. After making some key gains,

80-566: The effort to present the single opposition candidate for the 1987 presidential election , the negotiation between two politicians broke down. Kim Dae-jung and his followers split from the Reunification Democratic Party and created the Peace Democratic Party in October 29, less than 2 months before the election. Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam's candidacy resulted in vote-splitting of the opposition candidates, resulting in

96-496: The election of Roh Tae-woo , protégé of dictator Chun Doo-hwan to take the office with 36.6% of votes. In the following 1988 legislative election , Reunification Democratic Party received a disappointing result. While the party retained electorate in the Gyeongsong South Province , winning 14 out of 15 seats in the city of Busan, the first-past-the-post electoral system resulted in the party coming third in terms of

112-670: The new Democratic Party in 1990 and later merged with Kim Dae-jung's Peace Democratic Party to form a new Democratic Party . Reunification Democratic Party was dissolved on 22 January 1990, joining the newly formed Democratic Liberal Party . Kim Young-sam later succeeded Roh's leadership in 1992 and became the next President. 1985 South Korean legislative election Chae Mun-shik Democratic Justice Lee Jae-hyung Democratic Justice [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 February 1985. The result

128-517: The party lost ground in these elections, largely thanks to the gains of the NKDP. The opposition Democratic Korea Party had been the premier opposition party following the 1981 elections, but it suffered major defections to the NKDP. Democratic Justice Party Defunct The Democratic Justice Party ( Korean :  민주정의당 ; Hanja :  民主正義黨 ; RR :  Minjujeonguidang ; MR :  Minjuchŏngŭidang ; DJP )

144-577: The party, perceived as being tantamount to "treason", joining forces with the remnants of the military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee (represented by the New Democratic Republican Party) and Chun Doo-hwan (represented by the Democratic Justice Party). Kim replied to the criticism that one "has to enter the tiger's cave to catch the tiger". The party members who opposed the merger, including Roh Moo-hyun and Lee Ki-taek , formed

160-707: The plan with them prior. Growing discord culminated with the split of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam's follower from the New Korea Democratic Party, and formation of Reunification Democratic Party in April 1987. Following the June Struggle of 1987, and the June 29 Declaration , which Roh Tae-woo promised direct, democratic election of the president in the upcoming presidential election in December of that year, speculation for

176-403: The potential candidacy of Kim Dae-jung for the presidency grew. The Declaration also promised amnesty to Kim Dae-jung, who was under the house-arrest and was barred from engaging in any political activity under the fabricated charge of "inciting rebellion" since 1971. While Kim Dae-jung was barred from engaging in any political activities, Kim Young-sam emerged as the main opposition leader. Despite

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192-515: The seat number, despite winning more than 900,000 votes than the Peace Democratic Party. Faced with the disappointing election results and the rising of Kim Dae-jung's Peace Democratic Party, Kim Young-sam and his followers in the party decided to accept the proposal to merge the party with the ruling Democratic Justice Party and conservative New Democratic Republican Party. The decision was heavily criticized from both inside and outside of

208-451: The system was heavily rigged in its favor, it had far less power than the DRP. The 1980 Constitution limited the president to a single seven-year term, with no possibility of reelection. Chun announced his retirement in 1987, but resisted all calls to further open up the regime. The situation changed later in 1987, when DJP presidential candidate Roh Tae-woo promised that year's presidential election would be free and democratic. Roh became

224-468: The top party (which was then eliminated from further consideration for national seats), with the remainder allocated based on vote share. The ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) of President Chun Doo-hwan managed to remain the largest party in the National Assembly but faced a tougher challenge from the united opposition. The New Korean Democratic Party (NKDP) was formed by former members of

240-557: Was a victory for the Democratic Justice Party , which won 148 of the 276 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 84.6%. Of the 276 seats, 184 were elected in two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote , while the remainder were allocated via proportional representation at the national level among parties that won five or more seats in constituencies. Two-thirds of those seats would be awarded to

256-560: Was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988. Chun Doo-hwan had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979 , and was elected president in his own right in August 1980 . Two months after taking office, he abolished all political parties, including Park Chung Hee 's Democratic Republican Party , which had ruled the country since 1963, and with few viable constraints on its power since Park's self-coup of 1971 . A new Constitution, which inaugurated

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