Public officials Election And Recall Act Article 37-1

For the first election for the mayor, councilors, and chiefs of villages of a county (city) that is changed into a special municipality, or merged with other counties (cities) or special municipalities to form a new special municipality, the electoral districts shall be the administrative districts specified in the approved plan for such changes and the vote for such elections shall be carried out no later than ten days prior to the change.The administrative district for indigenous districts shall be the administrative district of the district or township prior to the change; the electoral district for the first election for the representatives and chief shall be the administrative district of the district or township prior to the change; the vote for such elections shall be carried out no later than ten days prior to the change.The division of the electoral districts for the special municipality councilors and the indigenous district representatives specified in the preceding two paragraphs shall be issued by public notice six months before the change and shall not be subject to the proviso in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article.