North Korean parliamentary election, 2003

August 3, 2003

All 687 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly

	First party

Leader	Kim Jong-il
Party	Workers' Party
Alliance	Fatherland Front
Leader's seat	649th
Seats won	687 / 687

PM before election

Hong Song-nam
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Pak Pong-ju
Fatherland Front

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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Legislative elections were held in North Korea on 3 August 2003. Representatives were elected for five-year terms to all 687 seats of the Supreme People's Assembly, and also to 26,650 positions in city, county, and provincial People's Assemblies.^[1] All candidates were members of the three parties constituting the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland.

There was a 99.9% turnout for the election with each candidate receiving 100% of the vote unopposed.^[2]

Results

**Summary of the 3 August 2003 North Korea Supreme People's Assembly election results**
List	Seats	Votes (%)
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland	687	100.00%
Total	687	100.00%
Turnout: 99.9%

Deputies elected

District	Name^[3]	Status
649	Kim Jong-il	Re-elected
Unknown	Kim Yong-nam	Unknown
Unknown	Jo Myong-rok	Unknown
Unknown	Marshal Ri Ul-sol	Unknown
Unknown	Ri Yong-mu	Unknown
Unknown	Yang Hyong-sop	Re-elected
Unknown	Jang Song-thaek	Unknown
Unknown	Kim Yang-gon	Re-elected
Unknown	Ri Jong-hyok	Re-elected
Unknown	Kim Yong-dae	Unknown
Unknown	Choi Yong-su	Unknown
Unknown	Choi Sung-chol	Unknown
Unknown	Ri Myong-su	Unknown

References

↑ "DPRK Holds Election of Local and National Assemblies". People's Korea. Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
↑ "N Korea holds parliamentary poll". BBC. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
↑ Ser Myo-ja (March 11, 2009). "Kim Jong-il’s heir not seen on list of new lawmakers". JoongAng Daily.

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