第7次 地方議員選擧分析과 地方選擧制度의 改革方案 = Research on Local Councilor Election and Innovation of Local Election System -Case Study on The 7th Local Election in Korea-

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The 7th Korean Local Election of June 13. 2002 caused a lots of problems. but few scholars or researchers brought these electoral problems to academic plaza for intensive discussion or problem solving purpose. In this regard, this study is aimed at an analysis the problems generated during the 7th korean local election. Nevertheless, this research was to great extent forced to narrow and limit the scope and object, because they were so wide in terms of scope and so diverse with its object : concentrating on the process and output of election for local councilor.
Major election problems found in this study could be summarized as follows.
ⅰ) The lowest voting rate. ⅱ) Excessive intervention of political parties on local election process. ⅲ) Distorted election campaigns concentrated on candidates for local chief executive positions. ⅳ) Increasing number of the return without voting. ⅴ) Serious ineffectiveness in candidate nomination system of the political parties. ⅵ) poor qualifications and academic backgrounds of local councilors.
The results of this research suggest the following recommendations for the central government in order to improve and innovate local election system in Korea.
ⅰ) Separation local councilor election from existing local election system ⅱ) Change a existing small electoral districts to medium and large ones. ⅲ) Abolition to candidate nomination system of political parties and restrictions on party intervention in local electoral processes. ⅳ) Adoption of incentive system and candidate screening system in local election to attract qualified candidates. ⅴ) Introduction of complete public management system on local election and adoption of approval voting system i. e., pros and cons, incase of single candidates. ⅵ) Introduction of viable supporting system to increase the number of woman councilors.