At stake
in this election:
- 450 seats a unicameral Parliament called
the Quoc Hoi (National Assembly)
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Type
of government:
- Government: Communist
- Chief of State: President Le
Duc ANH
- Head of Government: Prime
Minister Vo Van KIET
- Vietnam Communist Party (VCP)
is the country's only political party.
- General Secretary: DO
MUOI
- At the first National Assembly
session on September 18, 1997 the deputies will elect a new Presiden and a new Prime Minister.
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Results:
- 450 candidates elected out of
663 competitors.
- 117 deputies are women
- 3 out of 11 independent
candidates won seats
- 66 deputies are non-party
members
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Last election: July 19, 1992
- Number of seats: 395 seats
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 75,000,000
- Number of registered voters: 43,672,683
- Number of votes cast:
43,493,661
- Voter Participation: 99.59%
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Of Interest:
- The Vietnamese government authorized
the participation of non-Communist party candidates to run for the Assembly seats.
- All candidates were approved by the
Fatherland Front, an approval board for all candidates
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
