Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016 to elect members of the National Assembly, alongside local elections.
As Vietnam is a one-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was the only party to contest the elections.
Background The election date, a Sunday, in line with the electoral law, was announced on 24 November 2015.
Electoral system The members of the National Assembly were elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected; candidates had to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.Electoral system IPU
Campaign A total of 870 candidates were approved to run for election,Election prep nearly complete Viet Nam News, 19 May 2016 including 97 independents and 11 self-nominees.Last elections IPU
Results
Initially the Communist Party had 475 elected delegates. However 2 delegates were disqualified from duty before the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly. Therefore, the Communist Party had 473 elected delegates at the end.
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