Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000 to elect the 273 members of the National Assembly.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook, Volume II, p. 420. Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) would win the most seats, but the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) emerged as the largest party, winning 133 of the 273 seats. The MDP won 115 seats, while the United Liberal Democrats (ULD) won 17 seats.

As no party won the 137 seats required for a majority, the election resulted in a hung National Assembly.

Following the election, the Millennium Democratic Party, the United Liberal Democrats and the Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. The coalition ended in 2001 when the ULD withdrew its support and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD lawmakers later defected to the Grand National Party, 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 Leader Ideology Seats Status Last election Before election Grand National Party Lee Hoi-chang Conservatism rowspan="2" Millennium Democratic Party Cho Soon-hyung Liberalism United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil Conservatism Democratic People's Party Cho Soon Did not exist New Korea Party of Hope Kim Yong-hwanHeo Hwa-pyeong

Results

By city/province + Results by city/provinces RegionGNPMDPULDDPPDLPYPPNKPH Ind. Totalseats Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seoul 17 43.3 28 45.1 0 4.7 0 1.3 0 1.0 0 3.0 0 0.1 0 1.6 45 Busan 17 60.3 0 15.0 0 1.6 0 14.9 0 0.5 0 0.1 0 7.5 17 Daegu 11 62.9 0 10.9 0 10.2 0 6.2 0 0.5 0 0.0 0 9.2 11 Incheon 5 41.7 6 40.6 0 12.1 0 1.2 0 0.8 0 0.4 0 3.2 11 Gwangju 0 3.3 5 69.9 0 0.3 0 0.4 1 26.1 6 Daejeon 1 23.3 2 28.4 3 34.3 0 0.9 0 2.2 0 0.9 0 9.9 6 Ulsan 4 41.7 0 9.6 0 3.1 0 3.9 0 17.3 1 24.4 5 Gyeonggi 18 39.1 22 40.9 1 12.4 0 1.6 0 1.2 0 0.0 0 4.7 41 Gangwon 3 38.6 5 36.5 0 10.2 1 6.5 0 0.2 0 8.1 9 North Chungcheong 3 30.6 2 31.3 2 29.5 0 0.7 0 0.8 0 7.1 7 South Chungcheong 0 17.4 4 30.0 6 39.2 0 1.1 0 0.9 1 6.5 0 4.9 11 North Jeolla 0 3.6 9 65.4 0 3.4 0 0.2 1 27.4 10 South Jeolla 0 4.1 11 66.4 0 1.6 0 0.5 2 27.5 13 North Gyeongsang 16 52.5 0 14.7 0 14.0 0 10.1 0 0.3 0 8.4 16 South Gyeongsang 16 53.7 0 11.8 0 3.3 0 6.2 0 2.8 0 0.2 0 21.9 16 Jeju 1 44.2 2 49.4 0 0.6 0 0.4 0 5.3 3 Constituency total 112 39.0 96 35.9 12 9.8 1 3.7 0 1.2 0 0.7 1 0.4 5 9.4 227 PR seats 21 19 5 1 0 0 0 – 46 Total seats 133 115 17 2 0 0 1 5 273

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References

External links Republic of Korea: Election for Kukhoe (South Korean National Assembly) IFES]