webfact Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 North Korean elections 'achieves 99.97 per cent turnout'Worker's Party expected to fare well in polls this Sunday with only one name on ballot paper and punishment for anyone who fails to endorse Kim Jong-un's policiesBy Julian Ryall, Tokyo, and Andrew MarszalLONDON: -- North Koreans went to the polls on Sunday for tighly controlled local elections that saw a 99.97 per cent turnout, state media reported.Pyongyang's state news agency reported that voters were "singing and dancing" as they cast their votes in polls to elect new provincial, city and county representatives put forward by the ruling party.All polling stations were "clad in a festive atmosphere", according to official Korean Central News Agency.The elections were the first at the local level since Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader and first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, inherited the leadership of the world's only hereditary communist dictatorship in December 2011.Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11748166/North-Korean-elections-not-too-close-to-call.html-- The Telegraph 2015-07-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Presumably the non voting 0.03% had passed away since compiling the voters roll. If not, they soon will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The other 0.03 will be shot Tuesday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 "...with only one name on ballot paper and punishment for anyone who fails to endorse Kim Jong-un's policies" Why even waste time and money on a poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ohhhhh, the Generals here in LOS are just SOOOO Jealious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max72 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Thailand in on the same way..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 No excuses will be allowed for missing the vote, including be deceased. The .03% that did not show up will be executed later today with a new chemical weapon NK is testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Thailand in on the same way..... Did you forget your meds again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 voters were "singing and dancing" as they cast their votes in polls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Traveller Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 "...with only one name on ballot paper and punishment for anyone who fails to endorse Kim Jong-un's policies" Why even waste time and money on a poll? The Greeks are asking the same question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) It was a counting Error... There was a 100.97% turn out. Edited July 20, 2015 by Basil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 So, state media publish a figure that indicates only 0.03% of the population are terminally ill, medically incapacitated, house-bound, etc etc or have died since voter registration, A very healthy population by any measure. What's "mai pen rai" in Korean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A circus that cause me shivers all over my spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Why bother to have elections when the whole world included the N. koreans know it is a sham. Face (please change) and inflated ego of the beloved and his supremeness I suppose. Just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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