(Intra-Party Competition for Recommending Candidates)

(1) Every political party may recommend candidates through intra-party competition (hereinafter referred to as "intra-party competition") to run in the elections for public offices.

(2) Where any political party holds the intra-party competition [including any poll instead of the intra-party competition, which is conducted on persons who are listed as candidates for the intra-party competition (hereinafter referred to as "candidates for the intra-party competition") according to the party's constitution, regulations or a written agreement that is reached among candidates], anyone who fails to be elected as a candidate of the relevant political party shall be prohibited from being registered as a candidate to run in the relevant election of the same constituency: Provided, That the same shall not apply to cases where anyone who is elected as a candidate is disqualified after he/she renounces his/her candidacy, dies, loses his/her right to be elected or gives up or changes
his/her party affiliation. 

(3) Anyone who is disqualified as a member of any political party according to Article 22 of the Political Parties Act shall be prohibited from
becoming an elector in the intra-party competition. 

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005]