Justice Party (South Korea)

Justice Party 정의당 Jeonguidang
Leader	Sim Sang-jung (standing) Na Gyung-che
Floor Leader	Roh Hoe-chan
Founded	21 October 2012 (2012-10-21)
Merger of	People's Conference Labor Politics Coalition Elements of the Labor Party
Split from	Unified Progressive Party
Headquarters	7, Gukhoe-daero 70-gil, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul
Membership  (2016)	35,000
Ideology	Reformism Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	Labor's Hope, Citizen's Dream (노동의 희망, 시민의 꿈, Nodongi himang, simini kkum)
Seats in the National Assembly	6 / 300
Seats within local government	17 / 3,687
Website
Justice21.org/
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

Justice Party
Hangul	정의당
Hanja
Revised Romanization	Jeonguidang
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏngŭidang

The Justice Party is a progressive political party in South Korea. It was founded on 21 October 2012 as a split off from the Unified Progressive Party.

The party changed its name from "Progressive Justice Party" to "Justice Party" at the 2nd party congress on 16 July 2013. At the 4th party congress on 22 November 2015, the party officially merged with extra-parliamentary groups: Preparatory Committee for the People's Party (2015), Solidarity for Labor Politics, and Jinbo Plus, which composed of members defected from the Labor Party, after motions to merge the party with the Justice Party failed.

After the merger, Na Gyung-che, leader of the Jinbo Plus, and Kim Se-kyun, leader of Preparatory Committee for the People's Party, were elevated to co-leadership role, while Sim Sang-jung remained as a standing party leader.Kim Se-kyun stepped down from the co-leadership in September 2016.

In the legislative election held in April 2016, the party increased their seat total by one, with the election of Roh Hoe-chan to the Seongsan constituency in the city of Changwon. The party polled 7.2% in the party list ballot, returning in total, six legislators to the National Assembly.

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