Gwangju City Election Commission, Candidate Registration for the 22nd General Election on the 21st-22nd

Only Preliminary Candidates Allowed to Campaign Until 28 Days Before Election Day

Candidate registration for the 22nd National Assembly election, scheduled for April 10, will take place on the 21st and 22nd.

The Gwangju Metropolitan City Election Commission announced on the 19th that it will accept candidate registration applications for the general election at the respective election district election commissions from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. over two days, April 21 and 22.

As of the election day, candidates must be South Korean citizens aged 18 or older and must not fall under any disqualifications for candidacy as stipulated by the Public Official Election Act.

District candidates recommended by political parties must attach a recommendation letter stamped with the party emblem and the representative’s seal of the recommending party (proportional representation candidates must also include a consent form). Independent candidates must attach a recommendation letter signed or sealed by eligible voters.

For district National Assembly elections, a deposit of 15 million KRW must be paid, and for proportional representation National Assembly elections, a deposit of 5 million KRW per candidate is required.

According to the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities or those aged 29 or younger as of the election day receive a 50% reduction in the deposit, while those aged between 30 and 39 receive a 30% reduction.

Even after registration is completed, official election campaigning can only begin on April 28, the start date of the election period. Until the day before the election period begins, only election campaigning permitted for preliminary candidates is allowed.

Once candidate registration closes, the order of candidates’ numbers for proportional representation candidates recommended by parties and district candidates will be determined. The order of parties and candidates is based on the status as of the registration deadline: parties with seats in the National Assembly, parties without seats, and independents (district candidates), in that order.

The ranking among parties holding seats in the National Assembly or candidates recommended by those parties is determined by the number of seats held, with parties holding the same number of seats ranked according to the number of votes received in the 21st proportional representation National Assembly election.

However, if a party that did not participate in the 21st proportional representation National Assembly election holds the same number of seats, the ranking is decided by drawing lots.

Among parties without seats, the order is determined alphabetically by party name in Korean (Ga-Na-Da order), and the numbers for independent candidates are decided by drawing lots.

Parties with five or more district National Assembly members and parties that received at least 3% of the total valid votes nationwide in the 20th presidential election, the 21st proportional representation National Assembly election, or the 8th proportional representation local council election are assigned unified numbers nationwide.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission will disclose the documents submitted by candidates until election day to help voters make informed choices. Through the Central Election Commission’s election statistics system, voters can check candidates’ personal information, submitted asset declarations, military service records, educational certificates, tax payment and delinquency status, criminal records, and public office candidacy history.

Election campaign materials submitted by parties and candidates will be made public through the policy and pledge section starting April 1.