National Congress for New Politics
The National Congress for New Politics was a political party of South Korea from 1995 to 2000. The party later merged with the New People Party forming the Millennium Democratic Party
History
The party was formed in 1995 as the National Congress for New Politics after Kim Dae-jung returned to active politics following his retirement in 1992. The majority of the party's early supporters were former members of the opposition Democratic Party, formed in 1991.In the 1996 Parliamentary election the party managed to come a strong second, winning 79 seats. Later Kim's Democratic Party merged to the party. In the 1997 Presidential election, the party formed Alliance of DJP along with Alliance of Liberal Democrats, and Kim won the Presidency with 40% of the vote.
Dozens of members of the party were killed in the crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in August 1997.
In 2000, the party officially changed its name to the MDP, after it merged with the smaller New People Party led by Rhee In-je and a number of conservative politicians.
Presidential election primary
Candidates
This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.| Name | Occupation | Results | Notes |
| Member for Seongbuk-gu-eul | led the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004 | ||
| Former Assembly member | Former Seoul mayoral candidate in 2002 local body election | ||
| Member for Nonsan, Geumsan and Gyeryung | Presidential candidate of election 1997 | ||
| Member for Munkyeong and Yecheon | Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Roh's Administration | ||
| Former leader of Democratic party | Former president of Ewha Womans University |
- , former Assembly member and also former Minister of Science and Technology of the Kim Dae-jung Administration has been declared not to run its presidential primary on August 31, 2007
Election results