National Association 국민회 國民會 | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Syngman Rhee,Kim Ku |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1960 |
| Merged into | Liberal Party |
| Headquarters | Seoul,South Korea |
| Ideology | Conservatism (South Korean)[1] |
| Political position | Right-wing[2] tofar-right[1] |
TheNational Association (Korean: 국민회;Hanja: 國民會) was a political party inSouth Korea.
Syngman Rhee established the Central Committee for the Rapid Realisation of Korean Independence in October 1945, shortly after he had returned from exile. As a result of widespread opposition to theMoscow Conference, the Committee gained the backing of the leaders of theprovisional government and several political parties, including theKorea Democratic Party, theKorean Independence Party and a faction of theCommunist Party.[3]
The Communist Party faction later withdrew its support, but the others involved formed theCentral Council for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence [ko] (CCRRKI) on 8 February 1946. The new party opposed the proposed trusteeship, but when Rhee called for separate elections to be held in South Korea, PresidentKim Ku and others left the party. In the1948 elections it won 55 of the 200 seats, emerging as the largest party.[4]
The party was subsequently renamed the "National Association".[3] In the1950 elections it was reduced to 14 seats, finishing third behind theDemocratic Nationalist Party and theKorea Nationalist Party.[4] In 1951 Rhee established theLiberal Party. However, the National Association remained extant until the end of his presidency in 1960.[3] It won three seats in the1954 elections, but lost parliamentary representation in the1958 elections.
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Syngman Rhee | 180 | 92.31 | Elected |
| 1956 | 5,046,437 | 69.99 | Elected | |
| 1960 | 9,633,376 | 100 | Elected |
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 1948 | Yi Si-yeong | 113 | 57.36 | 133 | 67.86 | Elected |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Syngman Rhee | 1,755,543 | 25.87 | 55 / 200 | Government |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Syngman Rhee | 473,153 | 6.77 | 14 / 210 | new | 3rd | Opposition |
| 1954 | 192,109 | 2.56 | 3 / 203 |  11 | Opposition | ||
| 1958 | 50,568 | 0.59 | 0 / 233 | 3 | 4th | Extra-parliamentary |
이어서 이승만 박사는 국민회와 한민당 세력의 지원으로 제헌국회에서 대통령으로 당선되고, 8월 15일 정부수립을 공포함으로써 제1공화국을 출범시켰던 것이다. 다시 말하면, 한국의 제1공화국은극우 보수세력을 중심으로 출범하였던 것이다.
