1997 Vietnamese legislative election

none Vietnam parliamentary 1992 Vietnamese legislative election 1992 2002 Vietnamese legislative election 2002 All 450 seats in the National Assembly 226 20 July 1997 99.59% File:Do Muoi cropped.jpg Đỗ Mười Communist Party of Vietnam 364 382 18 – Vietnam Fatherland Front placeholder.svg Non-party and independent 33 66 33 Prime Minister Võ Văn Kiệt Communist Party of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải Communist Party of Vietnam Fatherland Fr. Fatherland Fr. Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 July 1997.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 0-19-924959-8 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. Non-affiliated candidates were also allowed to run. The VFF won 447 of the 450 seats,Nohlen et al., p337 of which the CPV won 382. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.6%. Results File:10th National Assembly of Vietnam.svg Communist Party of Vietnam 384 Non-party members 63 Independents 3 43185756 307868 43672683 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.December 13, 2006 Quốc hội khoá X (1997-2002) https://quochoi.vn/tulieuquochoi/tulieu/quochoicackhoa/Pages/khoamuoi.aspx?ItemID=23989 References Vietnam Category:Elections in Vietnam Legislative Category:One-party elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results