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Korea Independence Party
한국독립당
韓國獨立黨 |
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Founder | Jo So-ang |
Founded | 1928, in Shanghai, Republic of China |
Dissolved | 1970 |
Headquarters | Shanghai, Republic of China (1928-1945) Seoul, South Korea (from 1945) |
Armed wing | Korean Independence Army |
Ideology |
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Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Korea Independence Party | |
Hangul |
한국독립당
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Hanja |
韓國獨立黨
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Revised Romanization | Hanguk Dongnipdang |
McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk Tongniptang |
The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Hangul: 한국독립당) was a political party in South Korea.
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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. 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
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 |
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1948 | Kim Gu | 13 | 6.67 | Not elected |
1967 | Chŏn Chin-han | 232,179 | 2.10 | Not elected |
Vice President
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
1948 | Kim Gu | 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
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new | 10th | Extra-parliamentary | |||
1960 | 26,649 | 0.29 |
0 / 233
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5th | Extra-parliamentary | ||||
1963 | 128,162 | 1.38 |
0 / 131
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0 / 44
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0 / 175
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12th | Extra-parliamentary | ||
1967 | 240,936 | 2.22 |
0 / 131
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0 / 44
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0 / 175
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6th | Extra-parliamentary |
House of Councillors
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status |
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1960 |
0 / 58
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Extra-parliamentary |
See also
In Spanish: Partido de la Independencia de Corea para niños