1. 23 days for presidential elections; 2. 14 days for National Assembly elections and elections of local council members and the heads of local governments; 3. Deleted. <Mar. 7, 2002> (2) Deleted. <Mar. 12, 2004> (3) "Election period" means the period as specified in the following: <Amended on Jul. 28, 2011> 1. In cases of presidential elections: From the day following the deadline for candidate registration to the election day; 2. In cases of National Assembly, elections and elections of local council members, and the heads of local governments: 6 days from the deadline for candidate registration to the election day. Article 34 (Election Day) (1) The election day for each election to be held at the expiration of the terms of office shall be as follows: <Amended on Feb. 6, 1998; Mar. 12, 2004> 1. A presidential election shall be held on the first Wednesday from the 70th day before the expiration of the term of office; 2. A National Assembly election shall be held on the first Wednesday from the 50th day before the expiration of the terms of office; 3. An election of local council members and the heads of local governments shall be held on the first Wednesday from the 30th day before the expiration of the terms of office. (2) Where the election day as provided in paragraph (1) falls on a folk festival day or legal holiday closely related with the lives of the people or the day preceding or following the election day is a legal holiday, the election shall be held on the Wednesday of the following week. <Amended on Mar. 12, 2004> Article 35 (Election Day of Special Election) (1) An election to fill up a presidential vacancy or reelection (excluding a reelection provided for in paragraph (3); hereafter in paragraph (2) the same shall apply) shall be held within 60 days from the time when the cause for holding the election becomes definite, but the election day shall be publicly announced by the President or acting President not later than 50 days before the election day. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009> (2) The dates of special election, reelection, election for a membership increase, and election of the heads of local governments due to an establishment, abolition, division or merger of local governments shall be as follows: <Amended on Feb. 16, 2000; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005; Jul. 28, 2011; Aug. 13, 2015; Dec. 29, 2020> 1. The special election and reelection of members of the National Assembly or local councils or the heads of local governments shall be held once every year, and the election of members of local councils for a membership increase, shall be held twice every year as prescribed in the following items; and in such cases, Article 34 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election day, and an election for which the