Three local elections were held in

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

in 1949. Provincial, city, county and district people's assembly

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

s were held on March 30, with 689 provincial people's assembly

deputies A legislator (also known as a deputy or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people of the state. Legislatures may be supra-national (for ex ...

and 5,164 city and county people's assembly

elected.

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people's assembly elections were held on November 24–25, with 13,354 deputies elected. Town, neighborhood, village, and workers' district people's assembly elections were held on December 2, with 56,112 deputies elected. Voter turnout was reported as 100%, with

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s receiving a 100% approval rate.East Gate Book (2003) ''North Korea Handbook: Yonhap News Agency Seoul'', p126

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