Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 10 March 2019 to elect the members of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly.[1] The elections were announced on 6 January 2019. With only one candidate on the ballot in each constituency, outside observers described it as a show election. 687 candidates for the DPRK deputies to the SPA were elected. Kim Jong Un did not stand for election, marking the first time that a North Korean leader did not participate as a candidate.