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In North Korea's 2026 parliamentary elections, Kim Jong Un achieved a landslide win as the Workers' Party of Korea and its coalition partners reportedly captured 99.93 per cent of the ballot and every available seat, according to Yonhap News Agency, which cited state media reports.

With a reported turnout of 99.99 per cent, the polls were conducted on March 15 to select deputies for the 15th Supreme People's Assembly.

Following the results, Pyongyang is scheduled to hold the inaugural session of the new assembly to decide on the election of state leadership and deliberate on a major revision to the constitution.

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[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Directly from KCNA here: http://www.kcna.kp/en/article/q/64e900f5bd0353837ca02d7babcce3adf0e6857b3bc915d1758c332d4b2dcdc2e90b7d9d2886bc48b3cc61aad7ed43cc.kcmsf

According to the election returns, 99.99 percent of all the voters registered on the voter rolls across the country attended the election. 0.0037 percent of the voters failed to take part in the election as they are currently abroad or working in oceans and 0.00003 percent abstained.

99.93 percent of the electors balloted for and 0.07 percent against. As a result, under the Law of the DPRK on the Elections of Deputies to the People's Assemblies at All Levels, 687 workers, farmers, intellectuals, servicepersons and officials were elected to be SPA deputies.