1947 North Korean local elections

Two local elections were held in North Korea in 1947.

Village and neighborhood( 리(동) 인민위원회선거) people's committee elections were held on February 24–25 with a 99.85% voter turnout. 86.74% of the voters voted in favor of the candidates.[1] There were 70,454 deputies in which 57.7% of the deputies represented the Workers' Party of North Korea, 7.7% represented the Korean Democratic Party, and 5.3% were in the Chondoist Chongu Party and 29.3% had no party affiliation.[2]

Township people's committee elections (Korean: 면 인민위원회 선거; RR: Myeon Inmin-wuiwonhui Seongeo) were held on March 5, with a 99.98% voter turnout. 57.97% of the voters voted in favor of the candidates.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Organization and Role of the People's Committee of North Korea". National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Lankov, Andrei N. (January 2001). "The Demise of Non-Communist Parties in North Korea (1945–1960)". Journal of Cold War Studies. 3 (1): 103–125. doi:10.1162/15203970151032164. ISSN 1520-3972.


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