North Korean parliamentary election, 1972

North Korean parliamentary election, 1972
12 December 1972
All 541 seats to the Supreme People's Assembly

  First party
 
Leader Kim Il-sung
Party Workers' Party
Alliance Fatherland Front
Leader's seat 216th Huichon
Seats won
127 / 541
Seat change Decrease 161
Premier before election

Kim Il-sung
Workers' Party

 Elected President

Kim Il-sung
Workers' Party

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 12 December 1972. 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]

In the first session, between 25 and 28 December 1972, the SPA approved a new constitution, put into force a presidential system, with Kim Il-sung elected as president. Main topics were "The Adoptation of the Socialist Construction and of the Presidential System" and "Let Us Further Strengthen the Socialist System of Our Country".

The election were held synchronously with the elections to the provincial, city and county people's assemblies.

Results

Alliance Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Front
for the Reunification
of the Fatherland		Workers' Party of Korea100127
General Association of Korean Residents in Japan7
Chondoist Chongu Party4
Korean Democratic Party1
Buddhist Alliance1
Other parties401
Total100541
Registered voters/turnout100–
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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