Electoral law quota details

For the election of local public officials, if the women elect are less than the due quota, the votes of the women candidates shall be calculated separately, and those who get the comparative majority vote shall be elected; the calculation shall be conducted pursuant to the following provisions:
1.In the case of the election of municipal councilors, county(city) councilors, representatives of a township(city) congress, and representatives of an Indigenous district congress, if the result of ballot counting shows that the women elect are less than the specified quota, the votes of the women candidates not to be elected in the electoral district shall be calculated separately, and the women candidates who get the comparative majority vote shall be elected in sequence. If there are no women candidates, it will be regarded as a vacancy.
2.In the case of the election of indigenous municipal councilors to be elected by the indigenous peoples in plain areas and the indigenous peoples in mountain areas or indigenous county(city) councilors to be elected by the indigenous peoples in plain areas and the indigenous peoples in mountain areas, indigenous representatives of a township(city) congress to be elected by the indigenous peoples in plain areas, if the result of ballot counting shows that the women elect are less than the specified quota, the votes of the women candidates not to be elected in the electoral district shall be calculated separately and compared mutually, and the women candidates who get the comparative majority vote shall be elected in sequence. If there are no women candidates, it will be regarded as a vacancy. (Article 68)

At the local level, 1 seat out of every 4 is reserved for women, if there are more than 4 seats. Further, 1 seat out of every 4 seats reserved for the indigenous population is reserved for a woman from the indigenous population, if there are more than 4 seats (Local Governments Act, Article 33).