North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un was elected to the highest
legislative body without a single dissenting vote against in his
district on a 100% turnout, state media reported on Monday. There was no
one else on the ballot.
North Koreans went to the polls on Sunday
to approve the new roster of deputies for the supreme people’s
assembly, the country’s legislature. The vote, more a political ritual
than an election by Western standards, is generally held once every five
years.
Though results for the other seats in the assembly had
not yet been announced, North Korea’s media quickly reported Kim had
won in his district located on the symbolic Mount Paekdu with a
unanimous vote.
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