North Korea holds 2026 Supreme People's Assembly elections

Exam-focused facts from the 20 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) secured 99.93 per cent of votes in the March 15 parliamentary elections.
Voter turnout was 99.99 per cent.
0.07 per cent electors voted against the WPK candidates.
0.0037 per cent voters were unable to cast their votes and 0.00003 per cent abstained.
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) has 687 deputies elected from different regions.
For each seat only one candidate selected by the party stands and voters choose 'yes' or 'no'.