Democratic Nationalist Party 민주국민당 民主國民黨
Abbreviation	DNP
Founded	1949
Dissolved	1955
Preceded by	Korea Democratic Party
Succeeded by	Democratic Party
Political position	Right-wing[1]
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TheDemocratic Nationalist Party (DNP;Korean:민주국민당;Hanja:民主國民黨;RR:Minju gungmindang) was a conservative political party in South Korea.

The DNP was established on 10 February 1949 as a merger of theKorea Democratic Party and groups that supported Yi Chong-chon (who headed a youth organisation) andShin Ik-hee (a member of theNational Association), with the new party holding 70 of the 200 seats in the Assembly.^[2] It supported the creation of aparliamentary republic, and in 1950 proposed a constitutional amendment to this effect, although it was defeated in the Assembly.^[2]

In the1950 parliamentary elections the party received the highest share of the vote, although at 10%, it won only 24 of the 210 seats in a parliament dominated by independents.^[2] It nominatedYi Si-yeong as its candidate for the1952 presidential elections; he finished third with 11% of the vote.

The1954 parliamentary elections saw the party's vote share fall to 8% as it was reduced to 15 seats. In 1955 it was succeeded by theDemocratic Party.^[2]

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
1950	Sin Ik-hui Kim Sung-su	683,910	9.79	24 / 210	new	1st	Opposition
1954	Sin Ik-hui	593,499	7.92	15 / 203	9	4th	Opposition

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