1963 South Vietnamese parliamentary election

none Parliamentary elections were held in South Vietnam on 27 September 1963.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 0-19-924959-8 All but three of the 123 seats in the National Assembly were won by President Ngo Dinh Diem's regime. Three seats were won by the opposition Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party and the Đại Việt Progressive Party. As the elections took place during the Buddhist crisis, the government allowed elements of the opposition to stand during the elections as one of the concessions to Buddhist protest leaders. However, due to the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, the National Assembly was not able to convene for its first inaugural session and was forced to dissolve by the military.Nohlen et al., p337 Results National Revolutionary Movement 66 –12 Citizens' Assembly 18 New Workers' Party 10 New Movement to Win and Preserve Freedom 7 New Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party 2 –1 Đại Việt Progressive Party 1 New Pro-government independents 19 –13 0 Keesing's Research Review References South Vietnam Category:Elections in South Vietnam Parliamentary election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results