선거구간 인구편차의 조정과 선거구 획정의 과제

2014. 10. 30., the Constitutional Court hold constitutional inconsistent decisions to the electoral district table of the Public Official Election Act. According to the Constitutional Court, the maximum deviation of the constituency population is up to ±33.3%(the ratio of population size between the largest district and the smallest district - 2:1). Depending on the unconstitutional decision of the Constitutional Court, we have to amend the Public Official Election Act and should think about the many factors that should be considered when the Redistricting - the equity of voting value as the constitutional principle, geographical factors and homogeneity of community's interest as the election realistic elements. The deviance of population in the constituencies have to be allowed strictly and the electoral districts should be maintained as interest of communities as much as possible to be consistent with the representation. But a political agreement between the ruling party and the opposition still had not been reached. We will go conceivably lead to unprecedented situations that we previously did not experience. The reform of the electoral system is continuous and permanent problems. Therefore, the problem of improving the electoral system, especially the problem of amending the electoral districts is divided into a short-term issue and long-term problems should be handled by. The meaning and contents of the decision of the Constitutional Court must be respected. So the amendment of Public Official Election Act should made within the period prescribed and the amendment contents must meet the constitutional criteria.