Social:Korea Independence Party

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Short description: 1928–1970 political party in South Korea
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Korea Independence Party

한국독립당
韓國獨立黨
FounderJo So-ang
Founded1928, in Shanghai, Republic of China
Dissolved1970
HeadquartersShanghai, Republic of China (1928-1945)
Seoul, South Korea (from 1945)
Armed wingKorean Independence Army
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Korea Independence Party
Hangul
한국독립당
Hanja
韓國獨立黨
Revised RomanizationHanguk Dongnipdang
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk Tongniptang

The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Korean한국독립당) 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 Chon 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 Gu 13 6.67 Not elected
1967 Chon Chin-han (ko) 232,179 2.10 Not elected

Vice President

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1948 Kim Gu 65 32.99 62 31.63 Not elected

Legislature

House of Representatives

Election Leader Votes % Seats Position Status
Constituency Party list Total +/–
1950 17,745 0.25
0 / 210
new 10th Extra-parliamentary
1960 26,649 0.29
0 / 233
Steady 5th Extra-parliamentary
1963 128,162 1.38
0 / 131
0 / 44
0 / 175
Steady 12th Extra-parliamentary
1967 240,936 2.22
0 / 131
0 / 44
0 / 175
Steady 6th Extra-parliamentary

House of Councillors

Election Leader Votes % Seats Position Status
1960
0 / 58
Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "한국독립당(韓國獨立黨)" (in ko). 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture). http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/SearchNavi?keyword=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EB%8F%85%EB%A6%BD%EB%8B%B9&ridx=1&tot=11. 
  2. 정영훈, ed (1999). 홍익 인간 이념 연구. 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137. 
  3. 이이화, ed (1994). 한국사 의 주체적 인물들. 여강 출판사. p. 392. 
  4. 이재영, ed (2016). 신일철, 그의 철학과 삶. 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033. https://books.google.com/books?id=UskyEAAAQBAJ&dq=%EC%A1%B0%EC%86%8C%EC%95%99+%EC%A4%91%EB%8F%84%EC%A2%8C%ED%8C%8C&pg=PA422. "1929년 조소앙에 의해 기초된 한국 독립당의 강령에 있는 “균점”, “평등”의 3균주의적 표현에서 사회민주주의의 경향을 엿볼 수 있다." 
  5. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p671