1997 Vietnamese legislative election

1997 Vietnamese legislative election

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All 450 seats in the National Assembly 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	99.59%
First party Second party   Leader Lê Khả Phiêu – Party Communist Party Non-party and independent Last election 364 33 Seats won 382 66 Seat change 18 33
Prime Minister before election Võ Văn Kiệt Communist Party Elected Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải Communist Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 July 1997.^[1] The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was the only party to contest the election, although independent candidates were also allowed to run, but must be affiliated with the Vietnamese Fatherland Front (VFF), an umbrella organization that is also under the control of the CPV. The VFF won 447 of the 450 seats,^[2] of which the CPV won 382. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.6%.

Results[edit]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Communist Party of Vietnam			384
	Non-party members			63
	Independents			3
Total				450
Valid votes		43,185,756	99.29
Invalid/blank votes		307,868	0.71
Total votes		43,493,624	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,672,683	99.59
Source: IPU

Aftermath[edit]

The first session of the new National Assembly met from September 18 to September 29, 1997. In this first session, Nông Đức Mạnh was elected Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Trần Đức Lương was elected President of Vietnam, and Phan Văn Khải was elected Prime Minister of Vietnam. Other positions of power were also filled during this session.^[3]

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