Hannara Party (2012)

The Hannara Party was a political party in South Korea. While former chairman Lee Tae Hee argued that the party succeeded Hwanin and Hwanung, the Liberty Korea Party argued that Hannara had stolen the Saenuri Party's older name to confuse conservative voters. However, the South Korean National Party Commission supported the legality of the name.

History

The party gained 181,748 votes, 0.85% of the total in the 2012 General Election, thus failing to obtain a seat in the South Korean National Assembly. In South Korea, a party must gain at least 2% of total vote to take a block seat. Due to Korean alphabetical order it was listed last of the twenty parties in the election.
After the election, the National Election Administration Office dissolved the party. Members separated into two parties. Lee Yong-hwi created 'Hope! Hannara Party' and elected Lee Eun-young as the chair. She is an incumbent member of the local assembly of Daegu and wife of Lee Yong-hwi. Hope Hannara Party then changed its name to The New Politics Party in July 2013. Lee Tae Hee, former chairman of The Hannara Party, created the New Hannara Party to succeed The Hannara Party. New Hannara Party then changed its name to The Grand National Party in February 2014.

Names used

Liberty Peace Party New Freedom and Peace Party

'''The Hannara Party'''