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15th Supreme People's Assembly
The 15th Supreme People's Assembly is North Korea's current legislature, elected March 15, 2026 (687 deputies, two years late) and seated March 22-23, 2026, reelecting Kim Jong Un as head of state and amending the constitution.
1948 South Korean Constitutional Assembly election
The 1948 South Korean Constitutional Assembly election, held May 10, 1948, was Korea's first election by universal suffrage, choosing 198 members of the first National Assembly.
1990 Mongolian parliamentary election
The 1990 Mongolian parliamentary election, held on 29 July and 26 August 1990, was the first multiparty election in Mongolia's history, ending the MPRP's decades of one-party rule.
1993 Mongolian presidential election
The 1993 Mongolian presidential election of June 6, 1993, was Mongolia's first direct presidential election, won by incumbent Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat with 59.89 percent of the vote.
1996 Mongolian parliamentary election
1996 Mongolian parliamentary election (30 June 1996): opposition Democratic Union Coalition, led by Enkhsaikhan's National Democratic and Social Democratic parties, won 50 of 76 State Great Hural seats, ending the MPRP's rule since 1921.
2002 South Korean presidential election
2002 South Korean presidential election (December 19, 2002): Roh Moo-hyun of the Millennium Democratic Party beat Lee Hoi-chang of the GNP, 48.9% to 46.6%, amid generational, regional, and anti-American divides.
2008 Mongolian parliamentary election protests
The 2008 Mongolian parliamentary election protests were riots in Ulaanbaatar on 1 July 2008 over alleged election fraud, leaving five dead and a state of emergency.
2017 South Korean presidential election
Snap election of May 9, 2017, choosing South Korea's 19th president after Park Geun-hye's impeachment; Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party won 41.1 percent, shifting power from conservative to progressive.
2020 South Korean legislative election
The 2020 South Korean legislative election (제21대 국회의원 선거) elected all 300 National Assembly members on April 15, 2020, won in a landslide by Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party.
2020 Taiwanese presidential election
2020 Taiwanese presidential election, held 11 January 2020: Tsai Ing-wen (DPP) re-elected with a record 8,170,231 votes (57.13%), beating KMT's Han Kuo-yu (38.61%) and PFP's James Soong; turnout 74.90%.
2021 Japanese general election
The 2021 Japanese general election (第49回衆議院議員総選挙), held 31 October 2021, re-elected the LDP-Komeito coalition under Fumio Kishida with 293 of 465 House of Representatives seats, though it lost its two-thirds majority; turnout was a post-war low of 55.9%.
2022 South Korean presidential election
The 2022 South Korean presidential election (제20대 대통령 선거), held March 9, 2022, elected Yoon Suk-yeol (People Power Party) over Lee Jae-myung by 0.73 points, 247,077 votes, the closest margin since 1987, with 77.1% turnout.
2024 Taiwanese presidential election
The 2024 Taiwanese presidential election (16th-term ROC president and vice president, 13 January 2024) elected DPP ticket Lai Ching-te and Bi-khim Hsiao with 5,586,019 votes (40.05%) over KMT Hou Yu-ih and TPP Ko Wen-je; turnout 71.86%, DPP lost its legislative majority.
2025 Hong Kong legislative election
2025 Hong Kong legislative election (8 December 2025 results, eighth-term LegCo). Second patriots-only election; 90 seats (40 ECC, 30 FC, 20 GC), 161 candidates, 31.9% turnout, DAB won 20 seats, held days after the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire.
2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
The 27th Japanese House of Councillors election (第27回参議院議員通常選挙), held July 20, 2025, saw the LDP-Komeito coalition win only 47 of 125 seats and lose its upper house majority, while Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People surged.
2025 South Korean presidential election
The 2025 South Korean presidential election (제21대 대통령선거), a snap election held June 3, 2025, after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over martial law; Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party won 49.42% of the vote.
2026 Japanese general election
The 2026 Japanese general election (第51回衆議院選挙) was a 8 February 2026 snap House of Representatives election called by Sanae Takaichi; her LDP won 315–316 of 465 seats, a record since 1955, with Ishin 36, CRA 49, turnout 56.3%.
2026 North Korean parliamentary election
2026 North Korean parliamentary election, held 15 March 2026 for all 687 seats of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly, first since 2019 and two years late; official turnout 99.99%, 99.93% approval, Jo Yong Won elected SPA chairman.
2026 South Korean local elections
2026 South Korean local elections (9th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections, 제9회 전국동시지방선거), held June 3, 2026: ruling Democratic Party won 12 of 16 top posts and 61% turnout, but lost Seoul to Oh Se-hoon, and ballot shortages at 91 stations sparked protests and NEC reform debate.
2026 Taiwanese local elections
2026 Taiwanese local elections (九合一選舉, 2026年地方公職人員選舉): nine types of local offices elected across Taiwan's 22 cities and counties on November 28, 2026, with 11,051 posts, 81 county/city head candidates, a nuclear-policy referendum, and six special-municipal mayoral races key to 2028.
2027 Mongolian presidential election
The 2027 Mongolian presidential election, also called Ерөнхийлөгчийн сонгуул 2027, is Mongolia's next presidential vote. Incumbent Khurelsukh is term-limited; only parliamentary parties may nominate candidates under the two-round system.
2030 South Korean presidential election
The 2030 South Korean presidential election is scheduled to elect South Korea's president by direct national popular vote for a single five-year term, with no reelection permitted.
Elections in Japan
Elections in Japan (選挙) choose the bicameral National Diet: a 465-seat House of Representatives and 248-seat House of Councillors, elected since the 1994 reform under a mixed single-member district and proportional representation system dominated historically by the LDP.
House of Representatives (衆議院) (Japan)
House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin), lower house of Japan's National Diet: 465 members (289 constituencies, 176 proportional representation), four-year terms subject to dissolution, legislative and budgetary precedence over the House of Councillors, 1994 electoral reform, and 2024 and 2026 election results.
List of political parties in Japan
List of political parties in Japan: the 14 parties registered under the Political Funds Control Act (自民党, 立憲民主党, 維新, 公明党 and others), the five-member/2% party definition, Diet caucuses, subsidy rules, and party-system history.
Next Japanese general election
Next Japanese general election: the House of Representatives election due by 31 January 2030 after the 8 February 2026 snap election, under the 465-seat system of 289 constituencies plus 176 proportional seats.
Next Japanese general election
The Next Japanese general election is the election for the House of Representatives, expected by January 31, 2030. It will use a mixed system of single-member districts and proportional representation.
Next Taiwanese legislative election
The next Taiwanese legislative election will elect all 113 seats of the Legislative Yuan before January 2028, following a legislature where no party holds a majority.
Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의)
Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의), North Korea's unicameral legislature and nominal highest organ of state power: 687 deputies, five-year terms, single party-nominated candidates, first elected 25 August 1948, rubber-stamp body.