Kim Il Sung Fatherland Front Organizations Cabinet Ministries Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 25 August 1948 to elect the members of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly.

United Nations-sponsored elections for the Constitutional Assembly in US-occupied South Korea were held on 10 May 1948 under supervision of UNTCOK.

At the second conference of leaders of political parties and social organizations from North and South Korea held from 29 June to 5 July, it was decided that the elections should also be held in South Korea.

[3] The North Korean government claimed that 78% of eligible voters in South Korea took part in the election of 1,080 people's delegates.

[2] The South Korean people's delegates subsequently met on 21–26 August in Northern Haeju, with 1,002 of the 1,080 elected representatives participating.