SEOUL: Almost all North Koreans cast their ballots Sunday in a pre-determined election for a rubber-stamp parliament -- an exercise that doubles as a national head count and may offer clues to power shifts in Pyongyang.

All registered voters -- except those who are currently abroad -- took part in the nationwide elections for members of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the state-run KCNA news agency said.

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