In the elections in the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly.

Sunday, March 8, in North Korea and the election in parliament - the Supreme People's Assembly. By mid-afternoon local time at the polling stations have already been more than 70 percent of voters, the Associated Press.
The powers of the previous convocation of the deputies who were elected in 2003, expired as far back as 2008, however, regular elections were not appointed. According to many observers, this was due to the deteriorating state of health of the leader of DPRK Kim Jong Il. At the last election turnout was, according to official data, 99.9 percent of voters, 100 percent of whom cast their ballots for nominations.
Elections are held on the sole basis, for each electoral district to run only one candidate.
As the South Korean agency Yonhap, in one of the sites registered as a candidate registered on 25-year-old son of the leader of the country, Kim Jong Un, which is considered as the most likely successor to Kim Tcheul Ira. Before this election he does not hold any formal political or administrative posts.
Previously, it was reported that if elected to the parliament, Kim Jong Un in April may be appointed to key positions in the army and the Workers' Party of Korea. Then the expected formal announcement of his successor, 67-year-old Kim Jong Il. The transfer of power to be inherited as part of the ideas of "Juche", is considered North Korean ideologists as a way to avoid shocks and deviations from the course of building socialism with reform.