1957 North Korean parliamentary election

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27 August 1957

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All 215 seats in the Supreme People's Assembly

	First party

Leader	Kim Il Sung
Party	Workers' Party
Alliance	Fatherland Front
Seats won	178
Seat change	21

Premier before election

Kim Il Sung
Workers' Party

Elected Premier

Kim Il Sung
Workers' Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 27 August 1957 to elect members of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly. Voters were presented with a single list from the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, dominated by the Workers' Party of Korea.

Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the WPK, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give the illusion of democracy. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.99%, with 99.92% reportedly voting in favour of the candidates presented.

Its first session took place on 18–20 September 1957. One of its declarations was "On the Immediate Tasks of the People's Power in Socialist Construction".

Results


Party or alliance			%	Seats
	Fatherland Front	Workers' Party of Korea	99.92	178
		Chondoist Chongu Party		11
		Korean Democratic Party		11
		Laboring People's Party		3
		People's Republic Party		3
		Buddhist Alliance		2
		Gonmin People's Alliance		1
		Democratic Independent Party		1
		Other parties		5
Against			0.08	–
Total				215

Registered voters/turnout			99.99
Source: Nohlen et al., East Gate Book

Composition of deputies

The following were elected as members of parliament:

Pyongyang city

South Pyongan

North Pyongan

Chagang

South Hwanghae

North Hwanghae

Kangwon

South Hamgyong

North Hamgyong

Ryanggang

Kaesong city

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p404 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ East Gate Book (2003) North Korea Handbook: Yonhap News Agency Seoul, p124 ISBN 0765610043
Suh, Dae-Sook (1981). Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 402–405. ISBN 978-0-8248-0740-5.

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