CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
CHAPTER IV THE EXECUTIVE
| (1) | The President shall be elected by universal, equal, direct and secret ballot by the people. |
| (2) | In case two or more persons receive the same largest number of votes in the election as referred to in paragraph (1), the person who receives the largest number of votes in an open session of the National Assembly attended by a majority of the total members of the National Assembly shall be elected. |
| (3) | If and when there is only one presidential candidate, he/she shall not be elected President unless he/she receives at least one third of the total eligible votes. |
| (4) | Citizens who are eligible for election to the National Assembly, and who have reached the age of forty years or more on the date of the presidential election, shall be eligible to be elected to the presidency. |
| (5) | Matters pertaining to presidential elections shall be determined by Act. |