2. The nomination is found to have been made in excess of the fixed number to be elected by
constituency, in violation of the main clause of Article 47 (1), the ratio and precedence of the
nomination of female candidates provided for in paragraph (3) of that Article are found to have violated,
or the number of recommending eligible voters provided for in Article 48 (2) is found to be insufficient;
3. The candidate is found to have failed to submit the documents under Article 49 (4) 2 through 5;
4. The candidate is found to have registered, in violation of Article 49 (6);
5. The candidate is found to have registered, in violation of Article 53 (1) through (3) or (5);
6. The party-nominated candidate secedes from the party, changes to another party, or is a member of
two or more parties (including where he or she is a member of two or more parties at the time of
candidate registration); the political party to which he or she belongs is dissolved or cancels its
registration; or the central party revokes an approval of the formation of a City/Do party;
7. An independent candidate becomes a member of a political party;
8. The candidate is found to have registered, in violation of Article 57-2 (2) or 266 (2) and (3);
9. A political party is found to have nominated persons who do not belong to the relevant political party
or persons who are not eligible to become party members under Article 22 of the Political Parties Act;
10. The candidate is found to be a person who is restrained from holding a public office under other
statutes, or a person who is not eligible to become a candidate;
11. A political party or a candidate is found to have failed to submit open data about the information of
a candidate without any good cause, in violation of Article 65 (9).
(2) Where any registration is found to have made in violation of Article 47 (5), the registration of a
candidate for constituency members of the City/Do council and a candidate for constituency members of
the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council who are nominated by the political party in the relevant constituency
for electing a member to the National Assembly shall become null: Provided, That this shall not apply
where the sum of the number of candidates for constituency members of the City/Do council and the
number of candidates for constituency members of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council who are nominated
by the relevant political party in the area where female candidates need to be nominated under Article 47
(5) is fewer than the number (any fraction less than one shall be deemed one) equivalent to 50/100 of the
sum of the fixed number of constituency members of the City/Do council and the fixed number of
constituency members of the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council and where the registration of a female
candidate becomes null. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 12, 2010>
(3) Where a candidate has registered as a candidate for other constituencies in the same election or as a
candidate for other elections, all his or her registrations shall become nullified. <Amended on Feb. 16, 2000>
(4) Upon nullifying the registration of a candidate, the competent constituency election commission shall
without delay notify the candidate and the party that has nominated the candidate of the fact and the
specific reasons of such nullification. <Amended on Mar. 12, 2010; Jan. 14, 2020; Dec. 29, 2020>
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