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{{Short description|1995–2006 political party in South Korea}}
{{Infobox political party
| logo         = Logo of the United Liberal Democrats South Korea.svg
| colorcode    = {{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}
| abbreviation = '''ULD'''
| ideology     = {{ublist|class = nowrap
 | [[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in South Korea|South Korean]])
 | [[Chungcheong]] [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalism]]
}}
| headquarters = [[Seoul]], South Korea 
| country      = South Korea
| native_name  = 자유민주연합
| founder      = Kim Jong-pil
| founded      = March 30, 1995
| dissolved    = April 7, 2006
| split        = [[New Korea Party|New Korea]]
| merger       = [[New Democratic Party (1994)|New Democratic]]
| position     = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
| colors       = {{color box|{{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}} [[Green]]
| flag         = Flag of the United Liberal Democrats South Korea.svg
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul = ^자유_민주_연합
| hanja  = 自由民主聯合
}}
{{Conservatism in South Korea|Parties}}
The '''United Liberal Democrats''' ('''ULD'''; {{Korean/auto|^자유_민주_연합|lit=Liberal Democratic Union}}) was a [[right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Christoph |last=Bluth |title=Korea |publisher=Polity |year=2008 |page=104 |isbn=9780745633572 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aC572uWCAkAC&q=%22united+liberal+democrats%22+korea+right&pg=PA104}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |first=Geir |last=Helgesen |title=Imported democracy: The South Korean experience |work=Globalization and Democratization in Asia |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |page=90 |isbn=9780415277303 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3rg5Citz8EC&q=%22united+liberal+democrats%22+korea+right+wing&pg=PA90}}</ref> [[conservatism|conservative]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Christoph |last=Bluth |title=Crisis on the Korean Peninsula |publisher=Potomac Books |year=2011 |page=89 |isbn=9781574888874 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Da4NeG2vpXIC&q=%22united+liberal+democrats%22+korea+conservative&pg=PA89}}</ref> [[political party]] in South Korea, whose support mostly came from the [[North Chungcheong Province]] and [[South Chungcheong Province]] regions. The short Korean name is '''Jaminryeon''' ({{langx|ko|자민련||Liberal Union}}; '''ULD''').

The Party was in a government coalition with [[Kim Dae-jung]]'s [[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)|Democratic Party]] from 1998 to 2001.

In the [[2004 South Korean parliamentary election|2004 parliamentary election]], it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president [[Kim Jong-pil]] announced his retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed. Subsequently, most lawmakers from the party chose to defect from the party to form a new party, [[People First Party (South Korea)|People First Party]].

==Election results==
===Legislature===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Election
! rowspan="2" | Leader
! colspan="4" | Constituency
! colspan="4" | Party list
! colspan="2" | Seats
! rowspan="2" | Position
! rowspan="2" | Status
|-
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! No.
! +/–
|-
| [[1996 South Korean legislative election|1996]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Kim Jong-pil]]
| 3,178,474
| 16.17
| {{Composition bar|41|253|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| ''new''
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey" |
| {{Composition bar|9|46|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| ''new''
| {{Composition bar|50|299|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| ''new''
| rowspan="2" | 3rd
| {{Yes2|Governing coalition}}
|-
| [[2000 South Korean legislative election|2000]]
| 1,859,331
| 9.84
| {{Composition bar|12|227|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 29
| {{Composition bar|5|46|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{Composition bar|17|273|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 33
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2004 South Korean legislative election|2004]]
| 569,083
| 2.67
| {{Composition bar|4|243|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| 600,462
| 2.82
| {{Composition bar|0|56}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{Composition bar|4|299|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 13
| 5th
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|}

===Local===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Election
! Leader
! {{small|Metropolitan mayor/Governor}}
! Provincial legislature
! Municipal mayor
|-
| [[1995 South Korean local elections|1995]]
| [[Kim Jong-pil]]
| {{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{Composition bar|94|875|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
| {{Composition bar|23|230|hex={{party color|United Liberal Democrats}}}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040212055403/http://www.jamin.or.kr/eng/index01.html United Liberal Democrats] official site (in English)

{{South Korean political parties}}

[[Category:1995 establishments in South Korea]]
[[Category:2006 disestablishments in South Korea]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in South Korea]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in South Korea]]
[[Category:National conservative parties]]
[[Category:Liberty Korea Party]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2006]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1997]]
[[Category:Socially conservative parties]]


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