Korea Nationalist Party

The Korea Nationalist Party (KNP; Korean: 대한국민당; Hanja: 大韓國民黨; RR: Daehangungmindang) was a political party in South Korea.

Korea Nationalist Party 대한국민당 大韓國民黨
Founded	November 11, 1948 (1948-11-11)[a] November 11, 1949 (1949-11-11)[b]
Dissolved	March 1949[a] February 1958[b]
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	Tridemism (de jure)[1]
Colors	Blue[b]   Green[a]
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History

The party was established towards the end of 1949 by a group of 71 MPs led by Yun Chi-young.^[2] In the 1950 parliamentary elections it received 9.7% of the vote and won 24 seats, emerging as the joint-largest party with the Democratic Nationalist Party. In the next elections in 1954 it was reduced to only three seats.

Yun was the KNP candidate for the vice-presidency in the 1956 elections, receiving only 2.8% of the vote. The party lost parliamentary representation in the 1958 elections

Election results

Vice President

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1956	Yun Chi-young	241,278	2.79	Not elected

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
1950	Yun Chi-young	677,173	9.69	24 / 210	new	2nd	Opposition
1954	Sin Ik-hui	72,923	0.97	3 / 203	21	4th	Opposition

Notes

1. first iteration
2. second iteration