Democratic Party (South Korea, 2007)

The Democratic Party (DP) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly founded as the Centrist United Democratic Party (CUDP) after the merger of the Democratic Party (2005), it merged with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party in February 2008.

History
On 27 June 2007, the Democratic Party (2005) and New Party for Centrist Reform and Alliance merged and formed the Centrist United Democratic Party.

On August 13, 2007, the party changed its name to the Democratic Party.

In-je was elected the party's Presidential candidate by the delegates on 14 October 2007, but received poor results in the election on December 19: He obtained only 0.7% of the vote

On 18 February 2008, the party merged with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party to form the United Democratic Party.