Democratic Justice Party

Not to be confused with Justice Party (South Korea).

Democratic Justice Party 민주정의당 Minju Jeonguidang
Founder	Chun Doo-hwan
Founded	1 September 1980
Dissolved	22 January 1990
Preceded by	Democratic Republican Party
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	National Conservatism Anti-communism Korean nationalism Authoritarianism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Colours	Light blue and red
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

Democratic Justice Party
Hangul	민주정의당
Hanja	民主正義黨
Revised Romanization	Minju Jeong-uidang
McCune–Reischauer	Minju Chŏng-ŭitang

The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) (민주정의당) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. It was formed in 1980 as the Democratic Republican Party and was the political vehicle for Chun Doo-hwan.

When 1979, Park Chung-hee's assassination, Chun Doo-hwan of the party created it the 'Democratic Justice Party' in 1980. Even though a less authoritarian constitution was enacted that year, the political system was rigged heavily in favor of the DJP. The situation changed in 1987, when DJP presidential candidate Roh Tae Woo promised that year's election would be free and democratic. In 1990, the DJP merged with Kim Young Sam's Reunification Democratic Party and Kim Jong-pil's New Democratic Republican Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome
1981	Chun Doo-hwan	4,755 (electoral vote)	90.2%'	Elected Y
1987	Roh Tae-woo	8,282,738	36.6%	Elected Y

Legislative elections

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1981	151 / 276	5,776,624	35.6%	83 seats; Majority	Chun Doo-hwan
1985	148 / 276	7,040,811	34.0%	3 seats; Majority	Chun Doo-hwan
1988	125 / 299	6,675,494	34.0%	23 seats; Minority	Roh Tae-woo