2026 Vietnamese legislative election

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2026 Vietnamese legislative election
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  2021
15 March 2026
2031 

All 500 seats in the National Assembly
251 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Tô Lâm
(presumed)
Party Communist Party Non-party members
Alliance Fatherland Fr. Fatherland Fr.
Leader sinceAug 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] [2]

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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. [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]

Notes

    References

    1. "NA approves shortened term, sets 2026 election date". Viet Nam News. 21 May 2025.
    2. "Vietnamese National Assembly sets election date for new term". english.news.cn. 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
    3. "Two How Elections Work in Vietnam". United Front. 2021. pp. 49–66. doi:10.1515/9781503614758-005. ISBN   9781503614758. S2CID   240967678.
    4. "Viet Nam (Quoc-Hoi), Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
    5. Stevens, Francesca (2020-12-23). "Vietnam's Communist Party Said to Back Lam to Remain Chief". Bloomberg News .
    6. Guarascio, Francesco (2025-12-22). "To Lam, reformist risk-taker, seeks to extend his hold on Vietnam". Reuters .