Korea Independence Party
Korea Independence Party | |
Hangul | 한국독립당 |
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Hanja | 韓國獨立黨 |
Revised Romanization | Hanguk Dongnipdang |
McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk Tongniptang |
The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Korean: 한국독립당) was a political party in South Korea.
History
The party was established in Shanghai by Kim Koo in 1928, uniting a faction of conservative members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea headed by Kim.[5] When Kim was able to return to Korea in 1945, the KIP began operating in the country. Kim was initially supportive of Syngman Rhee, but a dispute over holding separate elections in South Korea (Kim was opposed, Rhee was for) led to a split and the party did not participate in the 1948 parliamentary elections in South Korea. However, Kim was a candidate in the indirect presidential elections in July 1948, losing heavily to Rhee.
When Kim was assassinated in 1949, the party went into a sharp decline. It participated in the 1950 parliamentary elections, but received only 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat. It received the same vote share in the 1960 elections, again failing to win a seat. It nominated Chŏn Chin-han [ko] as its candidate for the May 1967 presidential elections; he finished fifth in a field of six candidates with 2.1% of the vote. Despite increasing its vote share to 2.2% in the June 1967 parliamentary elections, the party remained seatless.
Election results
President
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | Kim Ku | 13 | 6.67 | Not elected |
1967 | Chŏn Chin-han [ko] | 232,179 | 2.10 | Not elected |
Vice President
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
1948 | Kim Ku | 65 | 32.99 | 62 | 31.63 | Not elected |
Legislature
House of Representatives
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status | |||
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Constituency | Party list | Total | +/– | ||||||
1950 | 17,745 | 0.25 | 0 / 210 | new | 10th | Extra-parliamentary | |||
1960 | 26,649 | 0.29 | 0 / 233 | ![]() | 5th | Extra-parliamentary | |||
1963 | 128,162 | 1.38 | 0 / 131 | 0 / 44 | 0 / 175 | ![]() | 12th | Extra-parliamentary | |
1967 | 240,936 | 2.22 | 0 / 131 | 0 / 44 | 0 / 175 | ![]() | 6th | Extra-parliamentary |
House of Councillors
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | 0 / 58 | Extra-parliamentary |
References
- ^ a b c "한국독립당(韓國獨立黨)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ 정영훈, ed. (1999). 홍익 인간 이념 연구. 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137.
- ^ 이이화, ed. (1994). 한국사 의 주체적 인물들. 여강 출판사. p. 392.
- ^ 이재영, ed. (2016). 신일철, 그의 철학과 삶. 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033.
1929년 조소앙에 의해 기초된 한국 독립당의 강령에 있는 "균점", "평등"의 3균주의적 표현에서 사회민주주의의 경향을 엿볼 수 있다.
- ^ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p671