# 2000 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.
Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.
With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first hung parliament in South Korean history.
The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, 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 | Parties | Leader | Ideology | Seats | Seats | Status |
| Parties | Parties | Leader | Ideology | Last election | Before election | Status |
| | Grand National Party | Kim Young-sam | Conservatism | 139 / 299 | 128 / 299 | Government |
| | Grand National Party | Kim Young-sam | Conservatism | 15 / 299 | 128 / 299 | Government |
| | Millennium Democratic Party | Cho Soon-hyung | Liberalism | 79 / 299 | 98 / 299 | Opposition |
| | United Liberal Democrats | Kim Jong-pil | Conservatism | 50 / 299 | 52 / 299 | Opposition |
| | Democratic People's Party | Cho Soon | Conservatism | Did not exist | 8 / 299 | Opposition |
| | New Korea Party of Hope | Kim Yong-hwan Heo Hwa-pyeong | Conservatism | Did not exist | 3 / 299 | Opposition |

## Results

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| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % | FPTP | PR | Total | +/– |
| | Grand National Party | Grand National Party | Grand National Party | 7,365,359 | 38.96 | 112 | 21 | 133 | –21 |
| | Alliance of DJP | | Millennium Democratic Party | 6,780,625 | 35.87 | 96 | 19 | 115 | +36 |
| | Alliance of DJP | | United Liberal Democrats | 1,859,331 | 9.84 | 12 | 5 | 17 | –33 |
| | Alliance of DJP | Total | Total | 8,639,956 | 45.70 | 108 | 24 | 132 | New |
| | Democratic People's Party | Democratic People's Party | Democratic People's Party | 695,423 | 3.68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | New |
| | Democratic Labor Party | Democratic Labor Party | Democratic Labor Party | 223,261 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Young Progressive Party | Young Progressive Party | Young Progressive Party | 125,082 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | New Korea Party of Hope | New Korea Party of Hope | New Korea Party of Hope | 77,498 | 0.41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Democratic Republican Party | Democratic Republican Party | Democratic Republican Party | 3,950 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | Independents | Independents | 1,774,211 | 9.39 | 5 | 0 | 5 | –11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 18,904,740 | 100.00 | 227 | 46 | 273 | –26 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 18,904,740 | 98.68 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 252,384 | 1.32 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,157,124 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 33,482,387 | 57.22 | | | | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. ||||||||||

### By city/province

| Region | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Region | Total seats | GNP | MDP | ULD | DPP | NKPH | Ind. |
| Seoul | 45 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Busan | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daegu | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incheon | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gwangju | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daejeon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulsan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gyeonggi | 41 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gangwon | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Chungcheong | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Chungcheong | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| North Jeolla | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Jeolla | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North Gyeongsang | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Gyeongsang | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeju | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constituency total | 227 | 112 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| PR list | 46 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 299 | 133 | 115 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 |