[3] On 4 February KCNA reported that a meeting of electorates in Paektusan Constituency 111 nominated WPK first secretary Kim Jong-un as deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly.

[4] According to a report in the Rodong Sinmun, the meeting to select him took place in the presence of senior military heavyweights, such as KPA General Political Department Director Choe Ryong-hae, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong-gil, and Minister of the People's Armed Forces Jang Jong-nam.

[5][6][7] The purpose of elections in North Korea that year was to determine the location of voters[2] and, in theory, their political allegiance,[2] as well as to fill parliament seats with new members who are loyal to Kim Jong-un.

[8] Large groups of voters were presented with a ballot while moving through a voting booth, on which there was a single box to tick a candidate's name.

Minister of the People's Armed Forces Jang Jong-nam, as well as Jo Chun-ryong, were newly elected to the NDC, while Choe Pu-il, Kim Won-hong and Pak To-chun retained their membership.