2016 Vietnamese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016 to elect members of the National Assembly, alongside local elections.

2016 Vietnamese parliamentary election

May 22, 2016 (+07:00) (2016-05-22+07:00)
496 seats to the National Assembly 249 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	99.35%
First party Second party   Leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng no one Party Communist Party Independent Leader since January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19) Seats before 458 42 Seats won 475 21 Seats after 464 19 Seat change 17 21
Party structure of the 14th National Assembly of Vietnam at the 1st Session after the 2016 election
Prime Minister before election Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Elected Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

As Vietnam is a one-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was the only party to contest the elections.

Background

The election date, a Sunday according to electoral law, was announced on 24 November 2015.

Electoral system

The members of the National Assembly were elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected; candidates had to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.

Campaign

A total of 870 candidates were approved to run for election, including 97 independents and 11 self-nominees.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Communist Party of Vietnam			475	+21
	Non-party members			19	–23
	Independents			2	–2
Total				496	–4
Total votes		67,049,091	–
Registered voters/turnout		67,485,482	99.35
Source: IPU

Initially the Communist Party had 475 elected delegates. However 2 delegates were disqualified from duty before the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly. Therefore the Communist Party had 473 elected delegates at the end.