1967 South Vietnamese Senate election

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Senate elections were held in South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) on 3 September 1967, alongside presidential elections, following the promulgation of a new constitution on 1 April. [1] The lower house elections took place on October 22. The election was contested by a total of 48 lists, of which six were elected (each voter had six votes) and received 10 seats each. [2] Voter turnout was reported to be 84%. [3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Nong-Cong-Binh List980,4744.4810
Cong-Ich va Cong-Binh Xa-Hoi List631,6162.8910
Dai-Doan-Ket List600,7202.7410
Troi-Viet List569,9752.6010
Doan-Ket de tien-bo List553,7202.5310
Bong-Lua List553,6322.5310
42 other lists17,994,46582.220
Total21,884,602100.0060
Valid votes4,690,68895.67
Invalid/blank votes212,0604.33
Total votes4,902,748100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,853,38483.76
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p337
  3. "Vietnam Public Administration Bulletin nr. 41 (Nov. 1967)" (PDF). US Agency for International Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.