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2000 South Korean legislative election

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Field	Value
country	South Korea
flag_year	1997
type	legislative
previous_election	1996 South Korean legislative election
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 South Korean legislative election
next_year	2004
turnout	57.22% ( 6.69pp)
seats_for_election	All 273 seats in the National Assembly
outgoing_members	Outgoing members
elected_mps	Incoming members
majority_seats	137
election_date	13 April 2000
image_size	130x130px
image1	Lee Hoi-chang (2010).jpg
leader1	Lee Hoi-chang
color1
party1	Grand National Party
alliance1
last_election1	140 seats
seats1	133
seat_change1	7
popular_vote1	7,365,359
percentage1	38.96%
swing1	6.79pp
image2	Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait.jpg
leader2	Kim Dae-jung
party2	Millennium Democratic Party
alliance2	Alliance of DJP
last_election2	79 seats
seats2	115
seat_change2	36
popular_vote2	6,780,625
percentage2	35.87%
swing2	10.57pp
image3	Kim Jong-pil.png
leader3	Kim Jong-pil
party3	United Liberal Democrats
alliance3	Alliance of DJP
last_election3	50 seats
seats3	17
seat_change3	33
popular_vote3	1,859,331
percentage3	9.84%
swing3	6.33pp
map_image	South Korean Legislative Election 2000 districts.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	■ GNP ■ MDP ■ ULD ■ DPP ■ NKPH ■ Others
title	Speaker
before_election	Park Jyun-kyu	before_party = United Liberal Democrats
after_election	Lee Man-sup	after_party = Millennium Democratic Party

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 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in North Gyeongsang Province, Gangwon Province, and also fewer local votes in the Chungcheong region.

With no electoral alliance winning 137 seats, the 16th National Assembly was the first without a working majority 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.

Electoral system

Of the 273 seats, 227 were elected in single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting, while the remainder were allocated via proportional representation at the national level. Proportional seats were only available to parties which won three percent of the national valid vote among seat-allocated parties and/or won five or more constituency seats.

Political parties

Parties	Ideology	Seats	Status
Grand National Party (1997)}}"	Grand National Party	Lee Hoi-chang	Conservatism	Opposition}}
Millennium Democratic Party}}"	Millennium Democratic Party	Cho Soon-hyung	Liberalism
United Liberal Democrats}}"	United Liberal Democrats	Kim Jong-pil	Conservatism
Democratic People's Party (South Korea)}}"	Democratic People's Party	Cho Soon	Did not exist
New Korea Party of Hope}}"	New Korea Party of Hope	Kim Yong-hwan
Heo Hwa-pyeong

Results

By city/province

Region	Total
seats	Seats won	GNP	MDP	ULD	DPP	NKPH	Ind.	Grand National Party (1997)}}"	Millennium Democratic Party}}"	United Liberal Democrats}}"	Democratic People's Party (South Korea)}}"	New Korea Party of Hope}}"	Independents}}"	Seoul	45	Busan	17	Daegu	11	Incheon	11	Gwangju	6	Daejeon	6	Ulsan	5	Gyeonggi	41	Gangwon	9	North Chungcheong	7	South Chungcheong	11	North Jeolla	10	South Jeolla	13	North Gyeongsang	16	South Gyeongsang	16	Jeju	3	Constituency total	227	112	96	12	1	1	5	PR list	46	21	19	5	1	0	0	Total	299	133	115	17	2	1	5
17	28	0	0	0	0
17	0	0	0	0	0
11	0	0	0	0	0
5	6	0	0	0	0
0	5	0	0	0	1
1	2	3	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	1
18	22	1	0	0	0
3	5	0	1	0	0
3	2	2	0	0	0
0	4	6	0	1	0
0	9	0	0	0	1
0	11	0	0	0	2
16	0	0	0	0	0
16	0	0	0	0	0
1	2	0	0	0	0

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p420 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
(2016-04-27). "Korea Elections: A Shocking Eruption of Public Dissatisfaction".

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