2011 Vietnamese legislative election

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2011 Vietnamese legislative election
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22 May 2011
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All 500 seats in the National Assembly
251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout99.51%
 First partySecond party
  Nguyen Phu Trong 2013.jpg Vietnam Fatherland Front placeholder.svg
Leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng –
Party Communist Party Non-party & independents
Alliance Fatherland Fr. Fatherland Fr.
Last election450 seats43 seats
Seats won45446
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 3
Prime Minister before election

Nguyen Tan Dung

Elected Prime Minister

TBD

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2011. [1] Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was guaranteed to win a majority. [2]

Contents

Campaign

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 827 candidates. 31.4% were women, 14.3% were not members of the Communist Party, 16.1% were members of ethnic minorities and 22.1% were candidates running for reelection. [3] Regardless of party standing, all candidates are evaluated by the Fatherland Front. [4]

82 people applied to be self-nominated candidates, with the party officials eventually selecting a list of 15 self-nominated candidates running in the election. [5] Despite this, Vietnam saw an increase of self-nominated candidates (82) in 2011 compared to 30 in 2007. [6] Some pro-democracy and human rights activists were a part of the self-nominated group, who did not receive the required approval. These included lawyers Le Quoc Quan, a former fellow for the National Endowment for Democracy and Cu Huy Ha Vu and Le Cong Dinh, both sentenced to jail for security and propaganda risks against the state. [7]

The 14 politburo seats were also up for election, though these elections were held in small electoral districts chosen by the party leaders. Thus, not all Vietnamese voters had a say in the politburo election decision. [8]

Results

During the 2011 election, Vietnam had an estimated 62,200,000 registered voters and of those registered 61,900,000 ballots were reportedly cast. [9] Of the 500 members elected, 333 were first-time members and four were self-nominated. Almost all of them had at least a bachelor's degree; 15.6% were from ethnic minorities, 24.4% were women, and 8.4% were not members of the Communist Party. [10] Non-party members, who managed to gain a seat in the National Assembly, include brother and sister duo Dang Thanh Tam and Dang Thi Hoang Yen from Saigon Investment Group. [11]

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Communist Party of Vietnam 454+4
Non-party members420
Independents4+3
Total500+7
Total votes61,965,651–
Registered voters/turnout63,000,00098.36
Source: IPU

Aftermath

Following the elections, on 25 July the new National Assembly elected Trương Tấn Sang as the new president, with 483 of the 496 National Assembly members voting for him. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Truong Sa residents cast early votes in legislative elections". Thanh Nien . May 20, 2011. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ian Timberlake (May 22, 2011). "One-party Vietnam votes in national election". AFP. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Vietnam holds National Assembly election - People's Daily Online".
  4. ↑ Union, Inter-Parliamentary. "IPU Parline database: Viet Nam (Quoc-Hoi), Last elections". www.ipu.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  5. ↑ aujourd'hui, Vietnam (2011-05-23). "Vietnamese voters unmoved by election fanfare". blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Are Vietnam's elections becoming more democratic?". East Asia Forum. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  7. ↑ aujourd'hui, Vietnam (2011-05-23). "Vietnamese voters unmoved by election fanfare". blog.vietnam-aujourdhui.info (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  8. ↑ Ruwitch, John. "Party wins big in Vietnam, but with a few twists". Reuters Blogs. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  9. ↑ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Vietnam Parl May 2011". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  10. ↑ "500 legislators elected in Vietnam - People's Daily Online".
  11. ↑ "Ballots, banners, but little budging". The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  12. ↑ Truong Tan Sang elected Vietnamese state president Xinhua, 25 July 2011
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