Council of Europe - Venice Commission

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 26

(Demarcation of Constituencies for Local Council Members)

(1) The election district for a City/Do council member (hereinafter referred to "constituency for a City/Do council member") shall be demarcated by
making the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun a zone or dividing the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun (if an autonomous Gu/Si/Gun consists of two or more constituencies for the National Assembly members, it refers to the constituency for the National Assembly member, and if the election district does not coincide with the administrative district due to a territorial change in the administrative district, it refers to the administrative district), in consideration of the population, administrative districts, geographical features, traffic, and other conditions, but the fixed number of the City/Do council members of local constituency to be elected in the single constituency for a City/Do council member shall be one and the names and districts of the constituencies for the City/Do
council members shall be shown in attached Table2.

(2) The constituency of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members shall be demarcated taking into account the population, the administrative district,
the geographical feature, traffic and other conditions, and the fixed number of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members of local constituency to be
elected in the single local constituency for the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members shall be not less than two to not more than four and the name and the district of the constituency and the fixed number of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members shall be determined by the City/Do Municipal Ordinance.

(3) Where the constituency for the City/Do council members or the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members is demarcated pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), one Eup/Myeon (referring to administrative Myeon in cases where administrative Myeon exists under Article 4-2 (3) of the Local Autonomy Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) and Dong (referring to administrative Dong in cases where administrative Dong exists under Article 4-2 (4) of the Local Autonomy Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall not be divided in order to make part of it belong to another constituency for the City/Do council members or other constituency for the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members.

(4) The constituency for the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members shall be demarcated in the single constituency for City/Do council members and
when not less than four members of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council of local constituency are elected in the single constituency for the City/Do council members, such single constituency may be divided into not less than two constituencies.