2011 Vietnamese legislative election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2011.http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110516100659.aspx Truong Sa residents cast early votes in legislative elections Thanh Nien May 20, 2011 May 20, 2011 June 9, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130609054100/http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/pages/20110516100659.aspx dead Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was guaranteed to win a majority.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5if2Z8EcyMNAQO70JpKCuTR8SGcTw https://web.archive.org/web/20110525133440/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5if2Z8EcyMNAQO70JpKCuTR8SGcTw dead May 25, 2011 One-party Vietnam votes in national election Ian Timberlake AFP May 22, 2011 May 22, 2011 Campaign 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.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7387493.html Vietnam holds National Assembly election - People's Daily Online Regardless of party standing, all candidates are evaluated by the Fatherland Front.http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2349_E.htm IPU Parline database: Viet Nam (Quoc-Hoi), Last elections Union Inter-Parliamentary www.ipu.org 2016-05-03 82 people applied to be self-nominated candidates, with the party officials eventually selecting a list of 15 self-nominated candidates running in the election.http://blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info/post/2011/05/23/Vietnamese-voters-unmoved-by-election-fanfare Vietnamese voters unmoved by election fanfare aujourd'hui Vietnam 2011-05-23 blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info fr 2016-05-05 2019-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20190405022343/http://blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info/post/2011/05/23/Vietnamese-voters-unmoved-by-election-fanfare dead Despite this, Vietnam saw an increase of self-nominated candidates (82) in 2011 compared to 30 in 2007.http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/03/23/are-vietnams-elections-becoming-more-democratic/ Are Vietnam's elections becoming more democratic? East Asia Forum 23 March 2016 2016-05-05 Some pro-democracy and human rights activists were a part of the self-nominated group, who did not receive the required approval. These included lawyers Le Quoc Quan, a former fellow for the National Endowment for Democracy and Cu Huy Ha Vu and Le Cong Dinh, both sentenced to jail for security and propaganda risks against the state.http://blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info/post/2011/05/23/Vietnamese-voters-unmoved-by-election-fanfare Vietnamese voters unmoved by election fanfare aujourd'hui Vietnam 2011-05-23 blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info fr 2016-05-03 2019-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20190405022343/http://blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info/post/2011/05/23/Vietnamese-voters-unmoved-by-election-fanfare dead The 14 politburo seats were also up for election, though these elections were held in small electoral districts chosen by the party leaders. Thus, not all Vietnamese voters had a say in the politburo election decision.http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2011/06/04/party-wins-big-in-vietnam/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110605124911/http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2011/06/04/party-wins-big-in-vietnam/ dead 2011-06-05 Party wins big in Vietnam, but with a few twists Ruwitch John Reuters Blogs 2016-05-03 Results During the 2011 election, Vietnam had an estimated 62,200,000 registered voters and of those registered 61,900,000 ballots were reportedly cast.http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1598/ IFES Election Guide Elections: Vietnam Parl May 2011 www.electionguide.org 2016-05-03 Of the 500 members elected, 333 were first-time members and four were self-nominated. Almost all of them had at least a bachelor's degree; 15.6% were from ethnic minorities, 24.4% were women, and 8.4% were not members of the Communist Party.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7400242.html 500 legislators elected in Vietnam - People's Daily Online Non-party members, who managed to gain a seat in the National Assembly, include brother and sister duo Dang Thanh Tam and Dang Thi Hoang Yen from Saigon Investment Group.https://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/06/elections-vietnam Ballots, banners, but little budging The Economist 0013-0613 2016-05-03 File:13th National Assembly of Vietnam.svg Communist Party of Vietnam 454 +4 Non-party members 42 0 Independents 4 +3 +7 61965651 63000000 IPU Aftermath Following the elections, on 25 July the new National Assembly elected Trương Tấn Sang as the new president, with 483 of the 496 National Assembly members voting for him.Truong Tan Sang elected Vietnamese state president Xinhua, 25 July 2011 References Category:Elections in Vietnam Vietnam Legislative Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Legislative