Kim Jong-il Workers' Party Kim Jong-il Workers' Party Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 3 August 2003.
[1] All candidates were members of the three parties constituting the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland.
Most polling booths featured posters saying: "Let's participate in the voting for deputies to the People's Assembly and give our support to them!".
[3] In its first session, on 3 September, the newly elected parliament re-elected Kim Jong-il as the Chairman of the National Defence Commission.
According to North Korean sources, multiplying 6, 4 and 9 gives the number 216, which coincides with Kim Jong-il's birthday, 16 February, and 4 times 9 plus 6 gives the number 42, which coincides with Kim Jong-il's official birth year, 1942.