Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)
The Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea, formerly called the Millennium Democratic Party, it changed its name to the present form on May 6, 2005.
History
In 2000, the party officially founded, after it merged of National Congress for New Politics and New People Party led by Lee In-je and a number of conservative minded politicians joined it. In the 2000 Parliamentary election the party came second winning 115 seats.Roh Moo-hyun was elected as president in 2002, but he subsequently left the party after he inaugurated as president and his supporters formed the Uri Party in 2003.
The MDP lost majority when Roh was impeached in March 2004 by the National Assembly for illegal electioneering and incompetence charges with support from the Grand National Party, losing 53 seats to a total of only 9 seats in the 2004 parliamentary election. Roh Moo-hyun was later re-instated by the Constitutional Court, and served as president until the end of his term.
By June 2007 Much of the party member joined the Uri Party while the New People faction form the new Democratic Party.
Presidential election primary
Candidates
This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.| Name | Occupation | Results | Notes |
| Member for Seongbuk-gu-eul | led the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004 | ||
| Former Assembly member | Former Seoul mayoral candidate in 2002 local body election | ||
| Member for Nonsan, Geumsan and Gyeryung | Presidential candidate of election 1997 | ||
| Member for Munkyeong and Yecheon | Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Roh's Administration | ||
| Former leader of Democratic party | Former president of Ewha Womans University |
- , former Assembly member and also former Minister of Science and Technology of the Kim Dae-jung Administration has been declared not to run its presidential primary on August 31, 2007
Election results