North Korean parliamentary election, 2014
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All 687 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly |
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1Parliamentary elections in North Korea, creating the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, were held on 9 March 2014.
This is the first election since the assumption of Kim Jong-un as leader of the country following the death of Kim Jong-il and the execution of Jang Song-thaek.
It is claimed without substantiation, that the elections were an effective way to poll the population on their opinion on the government. In addition, it functions as a way for the government to determine whether any of its citizens have illegally changed their voting district within the country, or if people have left the country. The North Korean Government does so by enforcing borders and surveillance, in order to make sure that the voter turnout is reflective of the population. If there are missing people, then the local workers and residents are found responsible, so local workers attempt to ensure order in their region.
On 4 February, KCNA reported that a meeting of electorates in Paektusan Constituency 111 nominated WPK first secretary Kim Jong-un as deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly. According to a report in the Rodong Sinmun, the meeting to select him took place in the presence of senior military heavyweights KPA General Political Department Director Choe Ryong-hae, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong-gil, and Minister of the People's Armed Forces Jang Jong-nam.
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