DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: parliamentary elections Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui , 1998

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Parliamentary Chamber: Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui

ELECTIONS HELD IN 1998

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Chamber:

Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui

Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):

26 July 1998

Purpose of elections:

Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament for the first time since April 1990. Polling was three years overdue.

Background and outcome of elections:

General elections for the Supreme People’s Assembly had previously been held in April 1990. In July 1994, President of the Republic and Ť Great Leader ť Kim Il Sung died and a period of national mourning was decreed. This ultimately lasted three years and, as a result, legislative polling - due in 1995 - was postponed and finally scheduled for July 1998, the election date being announced on 20 May. In the meantime, the country continued to suffer from a severe economic crisis and widespread food shortages.
As in the past, all parliamentary candidates belonged to the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, an umbrella political organization whose main component is the communist Workers’ Party. The General Secretary of this party is Kim Jong Il, the late President’s son who is at the same time Chairman of the party’s military commission; he himself stood as an Assembly candidate for one of the constituencies of Pyongyang, the capital.
Voter turnout on polling day was 99.85%, as the electorate overwhelmingly backed the 687 official candidates who had been approved beforehand. Altogether, 443 of these had not been members of the previous legislature.
On 5 September, the newly elected Parliament met and abolished the post of President. It simultaneously made the post of Chairman of the National Defence Committee (held by Kim Jong Il) the highest of the State, and confirmed Mr. Hong Song Nam as Prime Minister.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (26 July 1998): Elections results

Voters 99.85%

Round no 1: Distribution of seats

Political Group Total

Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland 687

Comments:

The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland is comprised of:
Workers' Party: 601
Social Democratic Party: 52
Chondogyo-Chongwu Party: 24
Non-party: 10

Distribution of seats according to sex:

Men: 549

Women: 138

Distribution of seats according to age:

Under 35 years 13

36-55 years 333

Over 55 years 341

Distribution of seats according to profession:

Manual workers 215

Farmers 64

Others 408

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Chamber:
	Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	26 July 1998
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament for the first time since April 1990. Polling was three years overdue.
Background and outcome of elections:
	General elections for the Supreme People’s Assembly had previously been held in April 1990. In July 1994, President of the Republic and Ť Great Leader ť Kim Il Sung died and a period of national mourning was decreed. This ultimately lasted three years and, as a result, legislative polling - due in 1995 - was postponed and finally scheduled for July 1998, the election date being announced on 20 May. In the meantime, the country continued to suffer from a severe economic crisis and widespread food shortages. As in the past, all parliamentary candidates belonged to the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, an umbrella political organization whose main component is the communist Workers’ Party. The General Secretary of this party is Kim Jong Il, the late President’s son who is at the same time Chairman of the party’s military commission; he himself stood as an Assembly candidate for one of the constituencies of Pyongyang, the capital. Voter turnout on polling day was 99.85%, as the electorate overwhelmingly backed the 687 official candidates who had been approved beforehand. Altogether, 443 of these had not been members of the previous legislature. On 5 September, the newly elected Parliament met and abolished the post of President. It simultaneously made the post of Chairman of the National Defence Committee (held by Kim Jong Il) the highest of the State, and confirmed Mr. Hong Song Nam as Prime Minister.

Round no 1 (26 July 1998): Elections results
Voters	99.85%

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland	687

Comments:
	The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland is comprised of: Workers' Party: 601 Social Democratic Party: 52 Chondogyo-Chongwu Party: 24 Non-party: 10

Distribution of seats according to age:
Under 35 years	13
36-55 years	333
Over 55 years	341
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Manual workers	215
Farmers	64
Others	408