Overseas Election System

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Korean citizens aged eighteen years of age or older have the right to vote in the Presidential elections and National Assembly elections.

Below are types of elections in which overseas Koreans can exercise their voting rights. .

Scope of exercising voting rights of overseas Koreans
Voter		Election in which the voter has the right to vote
Overseas Voters	An elector who is not registered as a resident in the country	Presidential elections Election of proportional representative members of the National Assembly due to the termination of the membership
Overseas Absentees	A person who is registered and managed as a Korean national residing abroad	Presidential Elections Election of proportional representative members of the National Assembly due to the termination of membership
Overseas Absentees	A person who is registered as a Korean national (excluding persons registered as a Korean national residing abroad)	Presidential Elections Election of proportional representative members of the and constituency members of the National Assembly due to the termination of membership

If a permanent resident registered as an overseas Korean wishes to vote abroad, he/she is subject to reporting as an overseas absentee.
Re-elections and by-elections for National Assembly members, local elections, national referendums, and residents’ referendums are not held overseas.