North Korean parliamentary election, 1948

North Korean parliamentary election, 1948
North Korea
25 August 1948
All 572 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly
  First party
 
Leader Kim Il-sung
Party Workers' Party
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won
157 / 572
Premier-designate

Kim Il-sung
Fatherland Front

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Parliamentary elections were held for the first Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea on 25 August 1948.[1] A total of 572 deputies were elected, of which 360 were reserved for representatives of South Korea. The North Korean government claimed that 77.8% of South Korean voters had taken part in underground elections to elect 1,000 delegates who would elect the 360 South Korean members of the SPA.[2]

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 an appearance of democracy.[3] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.97%, with 98.49% voting in favour of the candidates presented.[4]

Its first session was held between 2 and 10 September, with two main declarations: "Statement on the Transfer of Power" and "The Political Program of the Government of the DPRK".

The first parliamentary elections in South Korea had taken place three months earlier.

Results

Alliance Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Front
for the Reunification
of the Fatherland		Workers' Party of Korea 98.49157
Chondoist Chongu Party35
Korean Democratic Party35
Dongro People's Party20
People's Republic Party20
Buddhist Alliance20
Other parties171
Independents114
Against 1.51–
Total 100572
Registered voters/turnout 99.97–
Source: East Gate Book

References

  1. ↑ Par Carter Malkasian (2001) The Korean War, 1950-1953 Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, p13 ISBN 1-57958-364-4
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: South East Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific Volume 2, p398 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  3. ↑ Nohlen et al., p404
  4. ↑ East Gate Book (2003) North Korea Handbook: Yonhap News Agency Seoul, p124 ISBN 0765610043
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