2000 South Korean legislative election

Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2000.^[1]

2000 South Korean legislative election

← 1996 13 April 2000 2004 →
All 273 seats in the National Assembly 137 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.22% ( 6.69pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Grand National Lee Hoi-chang 38.96 133 −21 Millennium Democratic Kim Dae-jung 35.87 115 +36 United Liberal Democrats Kim Jong-pil 9.84 17 −33 Democratic People's Cho Soon 3.68 2 New New Korea Kim Yong-hwan Heo Hwa-pyeong 0.41 1 New Independents – 9.39 5 −11 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results of the election Speaker before Speaker after Park Jyun-kyu United Liberal Democrats Lee Man-sup Millennium Democratic

Opinion polls suggested that the ruling Democratic Party would win the most seats, but the result was a victory for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), which won 133 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly. The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) lost two-thirds of their seats due to GNP's victory in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do (South Korea), and also fewer local votes in Chungcheong.

With no party winning a majority, the 16th parliament was the first hung parliament in South Korean history.^[2]

The Democrats, ULD and Democratic People's Party (DPP) formed a coalition to gain a majority. However, the ULD withdrew support in 2001 and joined the conservative opposition. Seven ULD members subsequently defected from the party and joined the GNP, giving it a majority.