1990 North Korean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 22 April 1990. 687 deputies were elected to the ninth Supreme People's Assembly. The first session was on May 24–26, 1990. Of the 687 deputies, workers accounted for 37 percent, farmers 10.4 percent, and women 20.1 percent (138 seats). The Korean Social Democratic Party held 7.4 percent and the Chondoist Chongu Party held 3.2 percent of the seats, with the two parties together holding 10.6 percent of the seats. The Workers' Party of Korea retained 83 percent of seats.[1] Among the 687 seats which constitute the SPA at that time, 601 seats were allocated to the Workers' Party of Korea (87.5 percent of seats), 51 seats were allocated to the Korean Social Democratic Party representing 7.4 percent of the whole, 22 seats were allocated to the Chondoist Chongu Party representing 3.2 percent of them and the "independent" deputies were given 13 seats (1.9 percent of seats). Deputies whose ages were below 35 represented a rate of 2.9 percent. Those who were between 36 and 55 represented a rate of 56.8 percent, and those who were over 55 represented a rate of 40.3 percent.[2] Among those elected were Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.[3]

1990 North Korean parliamentary election

April 22, 1990
All 687 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly
First party   Leader Kim Il-sung Party Workers' Party Alliance Fatherland Front Leader's seat 205th Ragwon Seats won 601 / 687
President before election Kim Il-sung Workers' Party Elected President Kim Il-sung Workers' Party

The first session concerned the formation of the National Defence Commission and on the agenda was "Let Us Bring the Advantages of Socialism in Our Country into Full Play."

Results

Alliance	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland	Workers' Party of Korea		100	601
	Korean Social Democratic Party			51
	Chondoist Chongu Party			22
	General Association of Korean Residents in Japan			13
Total			100	687
Registered voters/turnout			99.78	–
Source: Nohlen et al.,[4] IPU

References

1. "DPRK's Election System and SPA". Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
2. "Constitutional and Parliamentary Information: ASGP" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
3. "DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: parliamentary elections Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui, 1990". Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
4. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p406 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

Further reading

• Rodong Sinmun (in Korean), 20 April 1990, OCLC 1026415670 – full list of elected members