1966 South Vietnamese Constitutional Assembly election

none thumb|Major General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu casting his ballot Constitutional Assembly elections were held in South Vietnam on 11 September 1966.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 0-19-924959-8 A total of 532 candidates contested the 117 seats.Nohlen et al., p334 The Assembly drafted and approved a new constitution, which was promulgated the following year. Electoral system The electoral system used the 44 provinces of South Vietnam as districts. Each province was one district, except the city of Saigon, which was divided into three districts, and Gia Định, which was divided into two districts. Provinces that elected more than one member used proportional representation with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method, while provinces that only elected one member used the first-past-the-post system. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADX587.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20151123205618/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADX587.pdf dead 23 November 2015 Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam 23 November 2015 United States Agency for International Development Results Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng 12 Dai Viet Progressive Party 9 Independents 96 4274872 5288572 Nohlen et al. References South Vietnam Category:Elections in South Vietnam Constitutional Assembly election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Constituent assembly elections in Asia