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Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 30 April 2006. [1] The ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) won 113 of the 115 seats in the sixth National Assembly.
A total of 175 candidates contested the 115 seats, of which 173 were members of the LPRP. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Lao People's Revolutionary Party | 113 | +4 | |||
| Independents | 2 | +2 | |||
| Total | 115 | +6 | |||
| Total votes | 2,819,904 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,826,580 | 99.76 | |||
| Source: IPU | |||||
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