According to the state news agency KCNA, the turnout rate was 99.85%, and 100% of participating voters cast their ballots in favour of the registered candidates.

[4] According to a Rodong Sinmun editorial, this proved "how deep the Korean people's trust in Kim Jong Il is and how powerful and solid the monolithic unity of the people around him in one thought and purpose and with moral obligation is.

The planned 1995 elections were cancelled due to a period of mourning instituted after the death of Kim Il-sung.

In its first session on 5 September 1998, the newly elected parliament amended laws to reflect the succession of Kim Jong-il.

Rodong Shinmun stated in its 1999 opinion piece "666: Legend of the Great Man" that the number is meaningful in the sense that the cube of 6 is 216, which coincides with Kim Jong-il's birthday, 16 February, and emphasizes that North Korea is the 6th state to exist in the Korean peninsula.