1946 North Korean local elections

Organizations Cabinet Ministries Elections of the provincial, city and county people's committees (도·시·군 인민위원회 선거) were held in Soviet-occupied North Korea on November 3, 1946.

[2] A total of 3,459 deputies were elected to the provincial, city and county people's committees, with 1,102 deputies being affiliated with the Workers' Party of North Korea, 352 with the Korean Democratic Party, 253 with the Chondoist Chongu Party, and 1,753 being independents.

[2] Among the 3,459 deputies elected were 510 workers, 1,256 peasants, 1,056 office clerks, 145 merchants, 73 businessmen, 311 intellectuals, 94 religious people, and 14 former landlords.

[2] The country's future president, Kim Il Sung, was among those elected.

He was elected from Samdung-myon (modern day Samdŭng-ri), Kangdong County in South Phyongan Province.

Pyongyang voters queuing in the local elections of North Korea of 3rd Nov. 1946.
Pak Chong-ae , leader of the Korean Democratic Women's Union (조선민주녀성동맹, = North Korea Democratic Women's League), speaks at a rally for the local elections in North Korea held 3rd Nov. 1946.
Pyongyang voters at a rally for the local elections of North Korea of 3rd Nov. 1946. School girls in uniform singing.