2007 Vietnamese legislative election

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2007 Vietnamese legislative election
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  2002 20 May 2007 2011  

All 493 seats in the National Assembly
247 seats needed for a majority
Turnout99.64%
 First partySecond party
  Nong Duc Manh 2010.jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Nông Đức Mạnh
Party Communist Party Non-party and independents
Last election44751
Seats won45043
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 8

Prime Minister before election

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Communist Party

Elected Prime Minister

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Communist Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 May 2007. [1]

Contents

Results

12th National Assembly of Vietnam.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Communist Party of Vietnam 450+3
Non-party members42–9
Independents1New
Total493–5
Registered voters/turnout99.64
Source: IPU

Aftermath

Following the elections, in the first session of the new National Assembly, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was elected as Chairman on 23 July 2007. [2] Incumbent president Nguyễn Minh Triết was re-elected by the new National Assembly on 24 July 2007 with 98.78% of the vote. [3] Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, who had held the position since the resignation of Phan Văn Khải in 2006, [4] was re-elected to the position on 25 July 2007. [5] Other positions were also filled during this first session.

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