countries where the candidates are elected with a very high approval rating usually use elections to hide a more autocratic form of government. when saddam hussein was elected president of iraq in 1995, he got 99.96% approval. there were about 8.4 million valid votes, 3,052 people voted against him. 99.47% of all people allowed to vote did so (this is called voting turnout). another example: kim jong-un was elected the leader of north korea, in 2014, with 100% of the vote.