North Korean parliamentary election, 1998

North Korean parliamentary election, 1998
North Korea
July 26, 1998
All 687 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly
  First party
 
Leader Kim Jong-il
Party Workers' Party
Alliance Fatherland Front
Leader's seat 666th
Seats won
594 / 687
Seat change Decrease 7
PM before election

Hong Song-nam
Fatherland Front

 Elected PM

Hong Song-nam
Fatherland Front

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 26 July 1998.[1] 687 deputies were elected to the tenth Supreme People's Assembly. There was only one nominated candidate per constituency - 687 candidates for 687 seats. According to the state news agency KCNA, the turnout rate was 99.85%, and 100% of participating voters cast their ballots in favour of the registered candidates.[2] Kim Jong-il was unanimously elected in constituency n°666.[3] According to a Rodong Sinmun editorial, this proved "how deep the Korean people's trust in Kim Jong Il is and how powerful and solid the monolithic unity of the people around him in one thought and purpose and with moral obligation is."[4]

Distribution of seats

Party Seats +/-
Workers' Party of Korea594-7
Korean Social Democratic Party53+2
Chondoist Chongu Party23+1
Chochongryon7-6
Other parties10-
Total6870
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p403 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ↑ "100 percent vote for candidates", KCNA, July 27, 1998
  3. ↑ "Kim Jong Il elected to SPA", KCNA, July 27, 1998
  4. ↑ "Rodong Sinmun on successful election of deputies to SPA", KCNA, July 28, 2008