2009 North Korean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 8 March 2009 to elect the members of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly. They were originally scheduled to be held in August 2008 but were postponed for unknown reasons. Observers of North Korea speculated that it was in relation to Kim Jong-il's ill health.

2009 North Korean parliamentary election

8 March 2009

All 687 seats in the Supreme People's Assembly
  First party
 
Leader Kim Jong-il
Party Workers' Party
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 606

NDC Chairman before election

Kim Jong-il
Workers' Party

Elected NDC Chairman

Kim Jong-il
Workers' Party

All candidates standing in the elections in North Korea were members of one of the parties comprising the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. A single candidate, approved by the North-Korean leadership, ran in each of the 687 districts, thereby guaranteeing a full victory by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, regardless of voter turnout. Kim Jong-il, the de facto leader of North Korea and the Chairman of the National Defence Commission, ran for election in Constituency 333.

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