Kim Jong-Un secures unsurprising '100%' victory in North Korea election

Kim Jong-Un
Kim Jong-Un

North Korea's state media has confirmed what was never in doubt - a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader Kim Jong-Un in the country's stage-managed parliamentary election.

Every single vote cast on Sunday in Kim's constituency was for the man who can now add MP to his many titles that include Supreme Commander of the armed forces and chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission.

"All the voters of the constituency took part in voting and 100 percent of them voted for Kim Jong-Un," the North's official KCNA news agency said.

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