North Koreans are ‘voting’ for a new parliament lineup, held every five years
- The elections, held every five years, are for the entire Supreme People’s Assembly
- Previous election was 100 per cent in favour of the named candidates
North Koreans go to the polls Sunday for an election in which there can be only one winner.
Leader Kim Jong-un’s ruling Workers’ Party has an iron grip on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as the isolated, nuclear-armed country is officially known.
But every five years it holds an election for the rubber stamp legislature, known as the Supreme People’s Assembly.
And in keeping with one of Pyongyang’s most enduring slogans – “Single-minded unity” – there is only one approved name on each of the ballot papers.
Voters have the opportunity to cross it out before casting their ballot, but in practice that is unknown.
Turnout last time was 99.97 per cent, according to the official KCNA news agency – only those who were abroad or “working in oceans” did not take part.
