2026 Vietnamese legislative election

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2026 Vietnamese legislative election
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  2021 15 March 20262031 
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Leader Tô Lâm [a]
Party Communist Party Non-party members
Leader since3 August 2024
Last election485 seats14 seats

Incumbent Prime Minister

Phạm Minh Chính
Communist Party



Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Vietnam on 15 March 2026. [1]

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Electoral system

The members of the National Assembly are elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected. Block voting is used, with each district having two or three seats. [2] Candidates has to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round hold on a plurality basis. [3]

Notes

  1. He is currently the General Secretary of the CPV, but his continued stay in this position depends on the 14th CPV National Congress in beginning of 2026 that it will take place before the election

References

  1. "NA approves shortened term, sets 2026 election date". Viet Nam News. 21 May 2025.
  2. "Two How Elections Work in Vietnam". United Front. 2021. pp. 49–66. doi:10.1515/9781503614758-005. ISBN   9781503614758. S2CID   240967678.
  3. "Viet Nam (Quoc-Hoi), Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2021-05-18.