Democratic Independent Party
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Democratic Independent Party | |
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| Abbreviation | Democratic Independent Party |
| Chairperson | Hong Myong-hui |
| Founder | An Jae-hong, Kim Byung-ro, Hong Myong-hui, Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, Yi Kuk-no, Kim Won-yong |
| Founded | 19 October 1947 |
| Dissolved | 8 October 1949[a] Mid or late 1960s[b] |
| Ideology | Korean nationalism[1] Social democracy[2] Progressivism[3] |
| Political position | Centre[1][4][c] |
| Democratic Independent Party | |
| Hangul | 민주독립당 |
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| Hanja | 民主獨立黨 [4][6] |
| RR | Minju dongnipdang |
| MR | Minju tongniptang |
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Democratic Independent Party (DIP; Korean: 민주독립당) was a centrist political party in both North and South Korea.[6][7] The party was established on 19 October 1947. Its initiators were An Jae-hong, Kim Byung-ro, Hong Myong-hui, Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, Yi Kuk-no and Kim Won-yong.[8] Hong became chairman of the party.[9]
The DIP opposed Syngman Rhee's single-candidate government and supported Kim Ku and Kim Kyu-sik's North-South negotiation position, but after the 1948 North-South Joint Conference, it split into pro-North and 'Yang Kim' factions, and after several mass defections from the party, it transformed into a minor pro-North party. It participated in elections in North Korea from 1948 until at least 1962.[10]
Supreme People's Assembly elections
| Election | Seats | +/– |
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| 1948 | 20 / 572 |
 20 |
| 1957 | 1 / 215 |
 19 |
| 1962 | 1 / 383 |
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