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Article 20
 

(Election Districts)


(1) The President and proportional representative National Assembly members shall be elected in the whole country as a unit.


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(2) The proportional representative City/Do council members shall be elected in the relevant City/Do as a unit and the proportional representative
autonomous Gu/Si/Gun shall be elected in the relevant autonomous Gu/Si/Gun as a unit, respectively.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(3) The National Assembly members of local constituency, the local council members of local constituency (referring to the City/Do council members
of local constituency and the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members of local constituency; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall be elected in the
constituency of the members concerned as a unit.


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(4) The head of a local government shall be elected in the area under jurisdiction of the relevant local government as a unit.