South Vietnamese Senate election, 1970

Senate elections were held in South Vietnam on 30 August 1970.[1] The election was contested by a total of 16 lists, of which three would be elected and receive 10 seats each.[2] Each voter had three votes, with the winning list receiving 1,149,597 votes (11.7%), whilst the third-placed list won 882,274 votes (9.0%).[3] Voter turnout was reported to be 65.4%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Sixteen lists9,817,73810030
Invalid/blank votes --
Total4,299,516*10030
Source: Nohlen et al.

* Total number of voters (with three votes each)

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p337 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  3. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p335 ISBN 0-19-924959-8