| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui / Supreme People's Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
9 March 2006
Loi N° 06/006 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 687 |
| Constituencies |
687 single-member constituencies. |
| Voting system |
Majority:
Two-round System (TRS)
The candidate who has received the majority of all votes cast in a constituency is declared elected.
The election is valid only when more than 1/2 of the voters in a given constituency take part in it.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 17 years
- DPRK citizenship
- disqualifications: insanity, persons disfranchised by court decision
|
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 17 years
- DPRK citizenship
|
| Incompatibilities |
(data unavailable) |
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by electors, political parties or social organisations (jointly or individually)
- each candidate must be nominated at a meeting of at least 100 electors; more than 1/2 of these must support his/her candidacy. |
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