Korea Independence Party

Korea Independence Party
Hangul	한국독립당
Hanja	韓國獨立黨
Revised Romanization	Hanguk Dongnipdang
McCune–Reischauer	Han'guk Tongniptang

Korea Independence Party

한국독립당
韓國獨立黨
Korea Independence Party 한국독립당; 韓國獨立黨
Founder	Jo So-ang
Founded	1928, in Shanghai, Republic of China
Dissolved	1970
Headquarters	Shanghai, Republic of China (1928–1945); Seoul, southern and South Korea (from 1945)
Armed wing	Korean Independence Army
Ideology	Conservatism; Korean nationalism; Triequism; Hongik-Inganism; Factions:; Social democracy;
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Korean: 한국독립당) was a political party in South Korea.

History

The party was established in Shanghai by Kim Ku in 1928, uniting a faction of conservative members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea headed by Kim.^[5] When Kim was able to return to Korea in 1945, the KIP began operating in the country. Kim was initially supportive of Syngman Rhee, but a dispute over holding separate elections in South Korea (Kim was opposed, Rhee was for) led to a split and the party did not participate in the 1948 parliamentary elections in South Korea. However, Kim was a candidate in the indirect presidential elections in July 1948, losing heavily to Rhee.

When Kim was assassinated in 1949, the party went into a sharp decline. It participated in the 1950 parliamentary elections, but received only 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat. It received the same vote share in the 1960 elections, again failing to win a seat. It nominated Chŏn Chin-han [ko] as its candidate for the May 1967 presidential elections; he finished fifth in a field of six candidates with 2.1% of the vote. Despite increasing its vote share to 2.2% in the June 1967 parliamentary elections, the party remained seatless.

Election results

President

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1948	Kim Ku	13	6.67	Not elected
1967	Jeon Jin-han [ko]	232,179	2.10	Not elected

Vice President

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
1948	Kim Ku	65	32.99	62	31.63	Not elected

Legislature

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats				Position	Status
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Constituency	Party list	Total	+/–	Position	Status
1950		17,745	0.25			0 / 210	new	10th	Extra-parliamentary
1960		26,649	0.29			0 / 233		5th	Extra-parliamentary
1963		128,162	1.38	0 / 131	0 / 44	0 / 175		12th	Extra-parliamentary
1967		240,936	2.22	0 / 131	0 / 44	0 / 175		6th	Extra-parliamentary

House of Councillors

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Status
1960				0 / 58		Extra-parliamentary

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 한국독립당(韓國獨立黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ 정영훈, ed. (1999). 홍익 인간 이념 연구. 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137.
^ 이이화, ed. (1994). 한국사 의 주체적 인물들. 여강 출판사. p. 392.
^ 이재영, ed. (2016). 신일철, 그의 철학과 삶. 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033. 1929년 조소앙에 의해 기초된 한국 독립당의 강령에 있는 "균점", "평등"의 3균주의적 표현에서 사회민주주의의 경향을 엿볼 수 있다.
^ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p671

[Cons-1] 한국독립당(韓國獨立黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[2] 정영훈, ed. (1999). 홍익 인간 이념 연구. 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137.

[3] 이이화, ed. (1994). 한국사 의 주체적 인물들. 여강 출판사. p. 392.

[4] 이재영, ed. (2016). 신일철, 그의 철학과 삶. 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033. 1929년 조소앙에 의해 기초된 한국 독립당의 강령에 있는 "균점", "평등"의 3균주의적 표현에서 사회민주주의의 경향을 엿볼 수 있다.

[HF-5] Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p671

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