Korea Independence Party

Short description: 1928–1970 political party in South Korea

Korea Independence Party

한국독립당
韓國獨立黨

Founder| Jo So-ang
Founded| 1928, in Shanghai, Republic of China
Dissolved| 1970
Headquarters| Shanghai, Republic of China (1928–1945)
Seoul, southern and South Korea (from 1945)
Armed wing| Korean Independence Army
Ideology|

* Conservatism[1]
* Korean nationalism[1]
* Triequism[1]
* Hongik-Inganism[2][3]
* Faction:
* Social democracy[4]

Political position| Centre-right to right-wing

Template:Infobox Korean name/auto Template:Conservatism in South Korea The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Korean: 한국독립당) was a political party in South Korea.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Election results
* 2.1 President
* 2.2 Vice President
* 2.3 Legislature
* 2.3.1 House of Representatives
* 2.3.2 House of Councillors
* 3 References

## History

The party was established in Shanghai by Kim Ku 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

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1948  | Kim Ku  | 13  | 6.67  | Not elected
1967  | Jeon Jin-han (ko)  | 232,179  | 2.10  | Not elected

### Vice President

Election  | Candidate  | First round  | Second round  | Result

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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

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1960  |  |  |  |

0 / 58

|  | Extra-parliamentary

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (in ko)Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/SearchNavi?keyword=한국독립당&ridx=1&tot=11.
2. ↑ 정영훈, ed (1999). 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137.
3. ↑ 이이화, ed (1994). 여강 출판사. p. 392.
4. ↑ 이재영, ed (2016). 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033. https://books.google.com/books?id=UskyEAAAQBAJ&dq=조소앙+중도좌파&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

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