Vietnamese parliamentary election, 2011

Vietnamese parliamentary election, 2011
Vietnam
May 22, 2011
All 500 seats to the National Assembly
251 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng n/a
Party Communist Party of Vietnam Independent
Seats won 458 42
Seat change Increase8 Decrease1
Prime Minister before election

Nguyen Tan Dung
Communist Party of Vietnam

 Elected Prime Minister

Nguyen Tan Dung
Communist Party of Vietnam

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A parliamentary election was held in Vietnam on 22 May 2011.[1] Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam is guaranteed to win.[2]

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 827 candidates. 31.4% were women, 14.3% were not members of the Communist Party, 16.1% were members of ethnic minorities and 22.1% were candidates running for reelection.[3]

500 MPs were elected. 333 are first-time MPs, four are self-nominated. Almost all of them have at least a bachelor's degree; 15.6% are from ethnic minorities, 24.4% are women, and 8.4% are not members of the Communist Party. Turnout was 99.51%,[4] with the northern mountain provinces of Lai Châu, Hà Giang, Hòa Bình and Lạng Sơn reporting a turnout of 99.99%.[5]

  Summary of the 22 May 2011 National Assembly (Quoc hoi) election results
Parties and coalitions Seats +/–
Vietnamese Fatherland Front (Mặt Trận Tổ Quốc Việt Nam) Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam) 458 +8
Independent 38 -4
Independents 4 +3
Overall statistics
Total parliamentary seats 500 +7
Sources: Central Election Council[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Truong Sa residents cast early votes in legislative elections". Thanh Nien. May 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ian Timberlake (May 22, 2011). "One-party Vietnam votes in national election". AFP. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7387493.html
  4. ↑ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7400242.html
  5. ↑ http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/General-Secretary-calls-for-election-analysis/20115/127060.vov
  6. ↑ "Election results for NA and People’s Council deputies announced". Voice of Vietnam. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.