Kim Jong Un Sweeps North Korea Polls With 99.93% Mandate, Where Did The Remaining 0.07% Votes Go?

Last Updated:March 20, 2026, 07:43 IST

In North Korea's 2026 elections, Kim Jong Un's party and allies won 99.93% of the vote and all seats. With 99.99% turnout, deputies for the 15th Assembly were chosen.

Kim Jong Un has secured a sweeping victory in North Korea’s 2026 parliamentary elections. Reports from the Yonhap News Agency, citing state media, indicate that the Workers’ Party of Korea, along with its coalition partners, garnered 99.93 per cent of the votes, claiming every available seat.

As per the official records, 99.93 per cent backed Kim’s party. Authorities said only around 0.0037 per cent of registered voters were unable to cast ballots due to being abroad or at sea, while a negligible 0.00003 per cent reportedly abstained.

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.

This upcoming legislative gathering follows the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea conducted last month.

As reported by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the assembly will formally address the election of the president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the revision and supplement of the Socialist Constitution.

As reported by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the assembly will formally address the election of the president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the revision and supplement of the Socialist Constitution

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