| Native Name: | 대통합민주신당 大統合民主新黨 |
| Leader1 Title: | Floor Leader |
| Leader1 Name: | Kim Hyo-seok |
| Foundation: | 5 August 2007 |
| Dissolution: | 17 February 2008 |
| Merger: | Uri Party |
| Merged: | United Democratic |
| Headquarters: | 15-16 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Ideology: | Liberalism (South Korean) |
| Position: | Centre[1] |
| Colours: | Orange |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Tile: | Grand Unified Democratic New Party |
| Rr: | Daetonghapminjusindang |
| Mr: | Taet'onghapminjusindang |
The Grand Unified Democratic New Party (; GUDNP) was a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting splinter groups. Chung Dong-young was the party's candidate in the 2007 South Korean presidential election; he lost to Lee Myung-bak. On February 17, 2008, the party merged with the Democratic Party to form the United Democratic Party.
The party was formed when loyalists to president Roh Moo-hyun in the Uri Party chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 80 out of 152 lawmakers of the Uri Party joined the new party, a conservative-liberal minority group from the Hannara Party (led by Son Hak-Gyu), and a group of progressive civil rights' group from outside South Korean politics also joined, seeking to complete political reforms.
As a result of merge with the Uri Party, this party has been ranked as the biggest political party in the legislative by 140 of 298 seats (as of January 14, 2008). After receiving a 'shocked' result at the 2007 presidential election, the delegates of its party decided to elect a new leader, with adopting a 'Papal conclave'-style system. On January 11, with more than a half delegates' vote, Son Hak-gyu was elected to lead at the 2008 parliamentary election.[2]
This party's platform emphasized these 4 key ideologies.[3]
These list of key events has been managed by its public primary election committee(국민경선위원회).[4]
The official result of this primary combines all votes of these key methods. First-past-the-post and Electronic voting system is being used.
Method 1 and 2 grants exactly 90% of results (Method 3 grants 10%). The official candidate of this party will be nominated on October 14, just after the last regional rounds finishes. Due to the executives of this party's decision, All candidates did not contested during the Hangawi holidays and the 2007 Inter-Korean summit periods.
As of August 25, 2007, 9 politicians has been set up to their presidential bid.[5] Before starting their official primary to the South Korean public, they have to access the 'cut-off' process to reduce from 9 to 5.[6] Later, the number of candidates reduced to 3 after ex-Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min and former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook quit the race.[7]
Here's a list of official candidates of the UNDP primary that announced on September 5, 2007, 05:30GMT.[8]
| Name | Occupation | Key Policies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son Hak-Gyu(손학규) | Former governor of Gyeonggi-do | Advanced economy, Integral society, Peace of Korean Peninsula | led a conservative-liberal group from Hannara party |
| Chung Dong-young(정동영) | Former Minister of Unification | Continental and peaceful economy, '40 million middle-class' plan, Air-7 project | Former chairperson of Uri Party |
| Lee Hae Chan(이해찬) | Member for Gwanak-gu-eul | Stable peace-footing of Korean Peninsula, Employment&Education21, Social integration, Matured democracy | Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea(36th) |
| Region | Date | Voters | % | Son Hak-gyu | Chung Dong-young | Lee Hae-chan | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulsan and Jeju | September 15 | 84,257 | 18.9 | 4,089 (26.1%) | 5,265 (33.6%) | 3,414 (21.8%) | 15,658 | |
| Gangwon-do and North Chungcheong | September 16 | 93,834 | 20.9 | 5,279 (26.9%) | 8,645 (44.0%) | 5,511 (28.1%) | 19,626 | |
| Gwangju and South Jeolla | September 29 | 246,518 | 22.63 | 19,906 (35.68%) | 26,065 (46.71%) | 9,826 (17.61%) | 55,797 | |
| Busan and South Gyeongsang | September 30 | 209,518 | 14.61 | 8,577 (28.01%) | 11,150 (36.42%) | 10,890 (35.57%) | 30,617 | |
| Daejeon, South Chungcheong and North Jeolla | October 14 | 9,467 (16.12%) | 42,026 (71.56%) | 7,236 (12.32%) | 58,729 | |||
| Incheon and Gyeonggi | October 14 | 16,747 (41.88%) | 16,142 (40.37%) | 7,098 (17.75%) | 39,987 | |||
| Daegu and North Gyeongsang | October 14 | 3,547 (38.96%) | 2,706 (29.72%) | 2,851 (31.32%) | 9,104 | |||
| Seoul | October 14 | 13,631 (32.14%) | 20,977 (49.46%) | 7,802 (18.40%) | 42,410 | |||
| Mobile votes | October 4–14 | 238,725 | 74.33 | 70,031 (39.46%) | 62,138 (35.02%) | 45,284 (25.52%) | 177,453 | |
| Opinion polls | October 8–14 | - | - | 17,525 (35.34%) | 21,850 (44.06%) | 10,216 (20.60%) | 49,591 | |
| Total | 1,969,156 | 25.18 | 168,799 (34.04%) | 216,984 (43.75%) | 110,128 (22.21%) | 495,911 |
Source: The current status of the UNDP Primary, Seoprise.com, Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
On February 17, 2008, the UNDP merged with the Democratic Party, forming the United Democratic Party. This was four years after the Uri Party's split from the Millennium Democratic Party.[9]