Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 8 October 1962 to elect the members of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly. Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the Workers' Party of Korea, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give the illusion of democracy.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with all reportedly voting in favour of the candidates presented.[2]
Symbolic significance of the leader's seat
The Kangson constituency, where Kim Il Sung applied to be a candidate of, was the area that started the Chollima movement and thus had symbolic weight in North Korean political discourse.[3]
^Suh, Dae-Sook (1981). Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 406–411. ISBN978-0-8248-0740-5.
