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Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Vietnam on 15 March 2026. [1] [2]
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. [3] 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. [4]
All participating candidates and elected members are expected to be nominal members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. Meanwhile, for the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the incumbent General Secretary of the Central Committee is Tô Lâm, however, the next Party National Congress will decide if he will continue to serve as the party leader for a full term or another person will be elected. As of Christmas of 2025, Western media has speculated that CPV may have collectively endorsed Lâm to stay as next term's leader. [5] [6]