General election in North Korea 2014
The 2014 general election in North Korea was the election of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . It took place on March 9th and was the first parliamentary election in North Korea since Kim Jong-un was proclaimed "Supreme Leader" of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on December 29th, 2011 . The election date was announced on January 8, 2014 by the state news agency KCNA .
The election was criticized as a sham election by observers outside the country .
Electoral system
As in the last election on March 8, 2009 , only the Democratic Front for the reunification of the fatherland was allowed to vote. Only one candidate stood for election in each of the 687 North Korean constituencies. Voters could vote for or against this candidate on the ballot.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un , general secretary of the Labor Party of Korea , ran in the constituency " Paektu-Berg " No. 111.
All North Koreans had a duty to vote. Voters who are unable to go to the polling station because of their age or illness could put their ballot paper in a mobile ballot box.
Result
With all eligible voters participating, Kim Jong-un received 100 percent of the vote and was thus elected to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly.
A total of 687 MPs were elected. According to official figures, the voter turnout was 99.97 percent. In the last election in 2009, the government said the turnout was 99.98 percent.
| coalition | Political party | be right | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland |
Labor Party of Korea | 100.00% | 607 |
| Korean Social Democratic Party | 50 | ||
| Chondoist Ch'ngu party | 22nd | ||
| Non-party | 8th | ||
| Total | 100.00% | 687 | |
| Turnout: 99.97% | |||
MPs
On March 11, 2014, the names of the members of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly were published by the state news agency KCNA. In addition to Kim Jong-un, his aunt Kim Kyŏng-hŭi was back on the MP list this year, indicating that she remains in power and alive despite political cleansing and the execution of her husband Jang Song-thaek in December 2013. Several other family members and close associates of Jang have been affected by the purge, their names are missing from the list. Exceptions are Ji Jae-Ryong, former North Korean ambassador to China, and Kim Yang-Gon, high official of the PdAK. Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army, Choe Ryong-hae , Minister Council Chairman Pak Pong-ju , State Security Minister Kim Won-hong , People's Security Minister Choe Pu-il and Defense Minister Jang Jong-nam were re-elected .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kim orders elections. Retrieved January 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Kim Jong-un has a sham vote on March 9 , Die Welt from January 8, 2014
- ↑ Parliament in North Korea: Kim lets vote. Retrieved January 8, 2014 .
- ^ North Koreans vote in rubber-stamp elections BBC News, March 9, 2014.
- ^ Letter from Meeting of Electorate of Paektusan Constituency No. 111 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KCNA , February 4, 2014 (English).
- ↑ The dictator asks for the election Die Zeit, March 9, 2014.
- ↑ nzz.ch: 100 percent for Kim , March 10, 2014.
- ↑ a b N. Korea 'election' records 99.97% turnout. The Nation, March 11, 2014, accessed February 2, 2016 .
