1989 Laotian parliamentary election

Laos 1972 1992 26 March 1989 All 79 seats in the National Assembly yes yes Lao People's Revolutionary Party Kaysone Phomvihane 65 0 Independents – 14 0 President Phoumi Vongvichit (acting) Lao People's Revolutionary Party Phoumi Vongvichit (acting) Lao People's Revolutionary Party Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 26 March 1989, the first since 1972,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p135 0-19-924959-8 and the first since the Communist takeover in 1975. A total of 121 candidates contested the 79 seats. All candidates had to be approved by the Lao Front for National Construction, dominated by the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party; around two-thirds of candidates were LPRP members. The LPRP won 65 seats, with independents whose candidacies had been approved by the Front taking the remainder.Laos: Elections held in 1989 Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was reported to be 98.4%. Results File:Laos Assemblée nationale 1989.svg Lao People's Revolutionary Party 65 Independents 14 98.4 Nohlen et al. References Laos Category:Elections in Laos Parliamentary Category:One-party elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results