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1997 Vietnamese legislative election
← 1992 20 July 1997 2002 →
All 450 seats in the National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout99.59%
  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 Increase 18 Increase 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. 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, of which the CPV won 382. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.6%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Communist Party of Vietnam384
Non-party members63
Independents3
Total450
Valid votes43,185,75699.29
Invalid/blank votes307,8680.71
Total votes43,493,624100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,672,68399.59
Source: IPU

Aftermath

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.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p337
  3. "Quốc hội khoá X (1997-2002)". December 13, 2006.
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