Democratic Justice Party

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

Democratic Justice Party 민주정의당 Minju Jeonguidang
Former South Korean Party
Leader	Roh Tae-woo (1985-1990)
Founder	Chun Doo-hwan
Founded	15 January 1981 (1981-01-15)
Dissolved	22 January 1990 (1990-01-22)
Preceded by	Democratic Republican Party
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	National conservatism Korean nationalism Anti-communism Neoliberalism Authoritarianism (until 1987)
Political position	Far-right (until 1987) Right-wing (from 1987)
National affiliation	Hanahoe
Colours	Blue and Red (until 1987) Light Blue and Red (from 1987)
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
DJP
Hangul	민정당
Hanja	民正黨
Revised Romanization	Minjeongdang
McCune–Reischauer	Minchŏngtang

The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) (민주정의당) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988.

History

Chun had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own right in August 1980. Two months after taking office, he abolished all political parties, including Park Chung-hee's Democratic Republican Party, which had ruled the country since 1963, and with few viable constraints on its power since Park's self-coup of 1971. A new Constitution, which inaugurated the Fifth Republic, was enacted later in October.

The following January, Chun created the Democratic Justice Party, which garnered the support of most DRP lawmakers and politicians; for all intents and purposes it was the DRP under a new name. He was elected as the first president of the Fifth Republic in 1981. Although the DJP won large majorities at legislative elections in 1981 and 1985 and the system was heavily rigged in its favor, it had far less power than the DRP.

The 1980 Constitution limited the president to a single seven-year term, with no possibility of reelection. Chun announced his retirement in 1987, but resisted all calls to further open up the regime. The situation changed later in 1987, when DJP presidential candidate Roh Tae-woo promised that year's presidential election would be free and democratic. Roh became the first direct elected president under free and fair election in December 1987. 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.

See also

• Hanahoe - Most of DJP's key figures were from the far-right military organization Hanahoe.

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% (direct election)	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