Country: | North Korea |
Flag Year: | 1948 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1948 North Korean parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1948 |
Next Election: | 1962 North Korean parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Election Date: | 27 August 1957 |
Image1: | Kim Il-sung in 1950.jpg |
Leader1: | Kim Il Sung |
Party1: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Alliance1: | Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland |
Seats1: | 178 |
Seat Change1: | 21 |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Elected Premier |
Before Election: | Kim Il Sung |
After Election: | Kim Il Sung |
Before Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
After Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 27 August 1957 to elect members of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly. Voters were presented with a single list from the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, dominated by the Workers' Party of Korea.
Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the WPK, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give the illusion of democracy.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.99%, with 99.92% reportedly voting in favour of the candidates presented.[2]
Its first session took place on 18–20 September 1957. One of its declarations was "On the Immediate Tasks of the People's Power in Socialist Construction".
The following were elected as members of parliament:[3]