3. Where two or more local governments of the same category are merged to become a new local
government, the heads of the previous local governments shall lose their positions of office and the head
of the new local government shall be elected;
4. Where a local government is abolished due to the merger into another local government, the head of
the abolished local government shall lose his or her position of office.
(2) Where only the name of a local government changes, the head of the previous local government shall
become the head of the changed local government and hold office for the remaining term at the time of
such change.
(3) “Local government of the same category" in this Act means a local government of the same category
as provided in Article 2 (1) of the Local Autonomy Act. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
Article 31 (Voting Districts)
(1) A voting district shall be established in an Eup/Myeon/Dong.
(2) A Gu/Si/Gun election commission may establish two or more voting districts in an Eup/Myeon/Dong.
In such cases, the Ri (referring to an administrative Ri as provided in Article 7 (4) of the Local Autonomy
Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) of the Eup/Myeon may not be divided so that part of it may belong
to another voting district. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 25, 2010; Jan. 12, 2021>
(3) A Gu/Si/Gun election commission, upon establishing or changing the voting districts or holding an
election, shall publicly announce the names and districts thereof as prescribed by the National Election
Commission Regulations.
Article 32 (Change in Districts)
(1) Even where the area of a constituency, administrative district, or voting district changes somewhere
from the record date of the official list of eligible voters as provided in Article 37 (1) to the election day,
the area shall be deemed not to have changed as far as the election in question is concerned. <Amended on
Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) Where the name of a local government or its administrative district changes without an actual change
in their territorial jurisdiction, the names of the election district and the constituency for electing a member
to the National Assembly and the name of the administrative district in the district thereof in ordinances of
the City/Do as provided in the attached Tables 1, 2 and 3 and Article 26 (2) shall be deemed to have
changed to the name of the changed local government or administrative district. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
CHAPTER IV ELECTION PERIOD AND ELECTION DAY
Article 33 (Election Period)
(1) The election period for each election shall be as follows: <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Mar. 12, 2004>
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