1967 North Korean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 25 November 1967. 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.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with 100% voting in favour of the candidates presented.[2]

1967 North Korean parliamentary election
28 November 1967
All 457 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly
  First party
 
Leader Kim Il-sung
Party Workers' Party
Alliance Fatherland Front
Leader's seat 403rd Songnim
Seats won
288 / 457
Seat change 83
Premier before election

Kim Il-sung
Workers' Party

 Elected Premier

Kim Il-sung
Workers' Party

For the first time, the representative of Korean residents in Japan were elected as deputies. The first session (14–16 December 1967) finished with the declaration "Let Us Embody More Thoroughly Revolutionary Spirit of Independence, Self-Sustenance, and Self-Defense in All Fields of State Activity".

Results
Alliance Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Front
for the Reunification
of the Fatherland		Workers' Party of Korea100288
General Association of Korean Residents in Japan7
Chondoist Chongu Party4
Korean Democratic Party1
Buddhist Alliance1
Other parties156
Total100457
Registered voters/turnout100–
Source: Nohlen et al.
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References
  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
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