Article 37 (1): <Amended on Nov. 7, 2011; Jan. 17, 2014; Aug. 13, 2015; Jan. 14, 2020>
1. A person who falls under Article 6 (1) 1 or 2 of the Resident Registration Act and whose resident
registration has been made in the relevant constituency for the National Assembly;
2. A person who falls under Article 6 (1) 3 of the Resident Registration Act and has been enrolled in the
resident registration card for at least three months consecutively and whose resident registration has
been made in the relevant constituency for the National Assembly.
(2) Any person of 18 years of age or older who falls under any of the following as of the base date for
preparation of the official list of eligible voters under Article 37 (1) shall have the right to vote in elections
of local council members and the head of the local government in the relevant district: <Amended on Feb.
12, 2009; Nov. 7, 2011; Jan. 17, 2014; Aug. 13, 2015; Jan. 14, 2020>
1. Any person who falls under Article 6 (1) 1 or 2 of the Resident Registration Act and who is registered
as a resident in a district under the jurisdiction of the relevant local government;
2. Any person who falls under Article 6 (1) 3 of the Resident Registration Act and has been enrolled for
at least three consecutive months in the resident registration card and who is registered as a resident in a
district under the jurisdiction of the relevant local government;
3. Any person who is enrolled in the register of foreigners of the relevant local government pursuant to
Article 34 of the Immigration Act as a foreigner for whom three years have passed after the acquisition
date of qualification for permanent residence under Article 10 of that Act.
Article 16 (Eligibility for Election)
(1) A national who is 40 years of age or older and who has resided in the Republic of Korea for at least
five years as of the election day shall be eligible for election to the Presidency. In such cases, if he or she
has been sent to a foreign country for the performance of public duties or stayed in a foreign country while
having a domicile in the Korean territory for a certain period, he or she shall be deemed to have stayed in
the Korean territory for that period. <Amended on Jan. 13, 1997>
(2) A national 18 years of age or older shall be eligible for election as a member of the National Assembly.
<Amended on Jan. 18, 2022>
(3) A national 18 years of age or older and registered as a resident in a district under the jurisdiction of the
relevant local government for at least 60 consecutive days (from the record date of the official list of
eligible voters up to the election day consecutively, in cases of any person who had been sent to a foreign
country for public service and has returned to the Republic of Korea after 60 days before the election day)
as of the election day, shall be eligible for election as a relevant local council member and the head of the
local government. In such cases, a period of 60 days shall not be interrupted by establishment, abolition,
division, or merger of the local government, or change in the boundary of a district (including a change of
district under any subparagraph of Article 28). <Amended on Apr. 30, 1998; Feb. 12, 2009; Aug. 13, 2015; Jan.
18, 2022>
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