Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 25 April 1976,[1] the first after the country was reunited following the North's military victory over the South the previous year. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front was the only party to contest the election, and won all 492 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 98.8%.
Candidates edit
In what had been North Vietnam, the Workers' Party of Vietnam and other groups nominated 308 candidates for the 249 seats, while in the south, the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peaceful Forces and National Liberation Front nominated 297 candidates for the 243 seats. All were under the umbrella of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.[2] Although there were no candidates allowed from opposition parties, candidates included former Third Force Movement activists (anti-war, non-communists), such as Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh, who had led the Vietnamese Women's Movement for the Right to Live and Huỳnh Tấn Mẫm, who had been a leader of the Saigon Students' Association's resistance movement.[3]
Results edit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Party of Vietnam and other groups | 22,895,611 | 100.00 | 249 | |
| National Liberation Front–Vietnam Alliance of National, Democratic and Peaceful Forces | 243 | |||
| Total | 22,895,611 | 100.00 | 492 | |
| Valid votes | 22,895,611 | 99.12 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 204,054 | 0.88 | ||
| Total votes | 23,099,665 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 23,387,940 | 98.77 | ||
| Source: IPU | ||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Vietnam Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ An, Tai Sung (May 1977). "The All-Vietnam National Assembly: Significant Developments". Asian Survey. 17 (5). Berkeley, California: University of California Press: 433–434. doi:10.2307/2643288. ISSN 0004-4687. OCLC 5972262170. Retrieved 21 October 2023.