1962 North Korean parliamentary election

1962 North Korean parliamentary election
All 383 seats in the Supreme People's Assembly
Premier before election; Kim Il Sung; Workers' Party	Elected Premier ; Kim Il Sung; Workers' Party

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 8 October 1962 to elect the members of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly. Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the Workers' Party of Korea, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give the illusion of democracy.^[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with all reportedly voting in favour of the candidates presented.^[2]

Symbolic significance of the leader's seat edit

The Kangson constituency, where Kim Il Sung applied to be a candidate of, was the area that started the Chollima movement and thus had symbolic weight in North Korean political discourse.^[3]

Results edit


Party or alliance			%	Seats
	Fatherland Front	Workers' Party of Korea		371
		Chondoist Chongu Party		4
		Korean Democratic Party		4
		Laboring People's Party		1
		Buddhist Alliance		1
		Gonmin People's Alliance		1
		Democratic Independent Party		1
Total				383

Registered voters/turnout			100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Elected members edit

The following were elected as members of parliament:^[4]

References edit

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p404 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al., p403
^ 역사문제연구소(Korea), ed. (1998). 1950년대 남북한 의 선택 과 굴절. 역사 비평사. p. 400. ISBN 8976965086.
^ Suh, Dae-Sook (1981). Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 406–411. ISBN 978-0-8248-0740-5.

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p404 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Nohlen et al., p403

[3] 역사문제연구소(Korea), ed. (1998). 1950년대 남북한 의 선택 과 굴절. 역사 비평사. p. 400. ISBN 8976965086.

[4] Suh, Dae-Sook (1981). Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 406–411. ISBN 978-0-8248-0740-5.

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