Creative Korea Party
2007–2012 political party in South Korea
| Creative Korea Party | |
| Hangul | 창조한국당 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 創造韓國黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Changjo Hangukdang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'angjo Han'guktang |
Creative Korea Party[1] (Korean: 창조한국당; Hanja: 創造韓國黨; RR: Changjohangugdang; CKP) was a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting civil splinter groups, with their leader Moon Kook-hyun, a well-known former business leader who recently started his political career. Their 2007 presidential bid was unsuccessful, however, they gained 3 seats at the 2008 general election on April 9, 2008, including the election of Moon Kook-hyun at Eunpyeong-eul, Seoul district; but lost all of these seats in the subsequent 2012 general election. Creative Korea Party deregistered on 26 April 2012.[citation needed]
Party platform
- Creating a new Social Solidarity
- Establishing a Knowledge and Creativity-based Economy
- Minimizing military tension of Korean Peninsula
- Providing 'Productive Welfare'
- Building a sustainable Social development
- Funding a Substantial Public and Lifelong Education
- Respecting Minority Rights
- Taking responsibility of the Diversity of Cultural References
- Creating Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Notable members
- Moon Kook-hyun MP, Party Leader, Official Presidential candidate of the party and MP for Eunpyeong-gu 2nd electorate, Seoul
- Lee Yong-kyeong MP, former CEO of KT and Korean National Assembly MP
- Yu Won-il MP, former environmental movement organizer in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, and Korean National Assembly MP
- Lee Jeong-ja, Chairperson of Green-consumer Network (Civil organization)
2007 Election
They held their nominating convention for 2007 presidential election on November 4, 2007. During that event, its leader Moon Kook-hyun was elected with 8,884(94.9%) of the mobile phone vote.[2] As one of the pro-governmental liberal candidates, he and his party suffered the pressure of political simplification from several civil organizational leaders for the entire campaigning period. However, although negotiating with the UNDP politicians a lot, he eventually decided to target voters disappointed with both major parties (the UNDP and GNP) and their candidates(Chung Dong-young and Lee Myung-bak). They hoped to reach somewhat over 10% support, but gained a final result of 1.38 million voters(5.82%) which put them in 4th place. However, they earned more votes than the 10-year-old KDLP's result(3.00%), and gained strong supports (Its average was roughly 8%) from metropolitan city areas, such as Seoul and its suburbs, Incheon, Daejeon, Chuncheon, Jeju,[3] therefore it was judged to be a potential threat to major parties during the 2008 parliamentary election.[4]
2012 election
In the 2012 general election, the party received less than .1% of the constituency votes, and .4% of the national votes for proportional representation. It lost all three seats in the parliament. The party was dissolved as a result (The party needs to obtain at least 2% of the national votes in order for it to remain registered).
Electoral results
President
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Moon Kook-hyun | 1,375,498 | 5.83 | Not elected |
Legislature
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | No. | +/– | ||||
| 2008 | Han Myeon-hee | 72,803 | 0.42 | 1 / 245 | new | 651,993 | 3.81 | 2 / 54 | new | 3 / 299 | new | 6th | Opposition |
| 2012 | 3,624 | 0.02 | 0 / 246 |  1 | 91,935 | 0.43 | 0 / 54 | 2 | 0 / 300 | 2 | 11th | Extra-parliamentary | |
See also
References
- ^ United States Department of State Factbook
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun elected as the presidential candidate of the CKP[permanent dead link](in Korean), Kukinews, Retrieved on November 4, 2007
- ^ >%20개표진행상황&TITLEB=개표진행상황&TITIMG=tgm02&RULE=T4 Info-system of the 2007 presidential election(in Korean), the NEC, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun 'will run again at the 2008 parliamentary election'(in Korean), The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
