Republic of Korea - 01/01/2024 - Local level

• When any political party intends to nominate its members as candidates to run in an election of proportional representation members of local councils, such political party shall nominate not less than 50/100 of the candidates from among women and nominate candidates falling under every odd number in order of the candidate roll from among women. When any political party intends to nominate its members as candidates to run in an election of constituency members of local councils after their terms of office expire, such political party shall endeavor to nominate not less than 30/100 of the total number of the candidates to run in the election for nationwide constituencies from among women. When any political party intends to nominate its members as candidates to run in an election of constituency members of local councils after their terms of office expire, such political party shall nominate not less than one woman as a candidate to run in an election, from among either an election of constituency members of City/Do councils or an election of constituency members of autonomous Gu/Si/Gun councils for each constituency for electing a member to the national assembly (excluding Gun regions, and when some parts of autonomous Gus combine with other autonomous Gus or military regions, becoming a constituency for electing a member to the national assembly, the relevant parts of such autonomous Gus are excluded). (Act no. 4739 public official election act, article 47)
• The registration of a candidate shall become null if any of the following events occurs after the candidate is registered: The nomination is found to have been made in excess of the fixed number to be elected by constituency, in violation of the main sentence of article 47(1), the ratio and precedence of the nomination of female candidates provided for in paragraph 3 of the same article are found to have violated, or the number of recommending eligible voters provided for in article 48(2) is found to be insufficient; 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. (Act no. 4739 public official election act, article 52)