Elections in South Korea
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Elections in South Korea are held on a national level to select the
National Assembly
. Local elections are held every four years to elect governors, metropolitan mayors, municipal mayors, and provincial and municipal legislatures.
The president is directly elected for a single five-year term by
first-past-the-post election constituencies.[1]
Voting
Eligibility
All citizens over the age of 18 have the right to vote. According to Article 34 of the 'Immigration Control Act,' a non-Korean citizen registered in the relevant local constituency and who has had a resident visa for at least three years has the right to vote in local elections.[2]
Voting methods
Office | Methods | Electoral district |
---|---|---|
President of South Korea | first-past-the-post | National |
Member of the National Assembly | first-past-the-post | Constituencies and Party List |
Metropolitan Mayor/Governor | first-past-the-post | Provinces |
Member of the Metropolitan Council | first-past-the-post | Constituencies and Party List |
Superintendent of Education | non-partisan first-past-the-post
|
Provinces |
Municipal Mayor | first-past-the-post | Municipal divisions |
Member of the Municipal Council | Single non-transferable vote | Constituencies and Party List |
Election technology
Polling places
are usually located in schools. During the
absentee or paper ballots with a rubber stamp using red ink. There is one race per ballot paper; if there are multiple offices up for election, ballot papers are colour-coded and voters are issued one ballot per race.[5]
Korea uses a
currency counting machines.[6]
Korean elections have been praised as a model of best practice.[5] However, the legality of the introduction of optical scan technology has been challenged and there have been allegations of rigged counting.[6]
Schedule
Election
Position | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Presidential (May) Local (June) |
None | National Assembly (April) | None | Local (June) | Presidential (March) |
President | President | None | President | |||
National Assembly | None | All seats | None | |||
Provinces, cities and municipalities | All positions | None | All positions | None |
Inauguration
Position | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Presidential (May) Local (July) |
None | National Assembly (May) | None | Local (July) | Presidential (May) |
President | May 10 | None | May 10 | |||
National Assembly | None | May 30 | None | |||
Provinces, cities and municipalities | July 1 | None | July 1 | None |
Latest elections
2024 legislative election
2022 presidential election
2022 local elections
Summary of past elections
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
Local elections
- 2010 South Korean local elections
- 2014 South Korean local elections
- 2018 South Korean local elections
- 2022 South Korean local elections
See also
- History of South Korea
- Constitution of South Korea
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
Notes
- ^ Representation System(Elected Person) Archived April 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, the NEC, Retrieved on April 10, 2008
- ^ "Right to Vote and Eligibility for Election". National Election Commission (South Korea). Archived from the original on August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Election Districts and Representation System". National Election Commission (South Korea). Archived from the original on August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Local Council Elections". [[National Election Commission (South Korea). Archived from the original on August 12, 2021.
- ^ a b Tim Meisburger, Korean Elections: A Model of Best Practice, April 20, 2016.
- ^ a b Oglim, The South Korean 2012 Presidential Election was Fraudulent, Feb. 21, 2013. (archived version.)
Further reading
- Nahm, A.C. (1996). Korea: A history of the Korean people (rev. ed.). Seoul: Hollym. ISBN 978-1-56591-070-6.
- Lee, Il-cheong (이일청) (1993). 인명국사대사전 (Inmyeong guksa daesajeon, Unabridged biographical dictionary of Korean history. Seoul: Goryeo Munhaksa.
- Lee, Ki-baik (1984). A new history of Korea (rev ed.). Seoul: Ilchokak. ISBN 978-89-337-0204-8.
External links
- Overview of candidates, parties and outcomes of South Korean elections since 1952 (with minor flaws like 이시영 missing in the 1952 page and wrong year of Park's resignation in the 1960 page)