Vietnamese legislative election, 2011

Vietnamese parliamentary election, 2011

May 22, 2011
All 500 seats to the National Assembly 251 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng n/a Party Communist Party of Vietnam Independent Seats won 458 42 Seat change 8 1
Prime Minister before election Nguyen Tan Dung Communist Party of Vietnam Elected Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Communist Party of Vietnam

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

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. Regardless of party standing, all candidates are evaulated by the Fatherland Front.

Originally, 82 people were self-nominated, but of those only 15 were approved by party officials in order to run in the election. However, Vietnam saw an increase of self-nominated candidates (82) in 2011 compared to 30 in 2007. 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.

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.

Results

During the 2011 election, Vietnam had an estimated 62,200,000 registered voters and of those registered 61,900,000 ballots were reportedly casted. Voter turnout was exceedingly high at 99.51%. 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. 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.

  Summary of the 22 May 2011 National Assembly (Quoc hoi) election results

Parties and coalitions			Seats	+/–
	Vietnamese Fatherland Front (Mặt Trận Tổ Quốc Việt Nam)	Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam)	458	+8
		Independent	38	-4
	Independents		4	+3
Overall statistics
Total parliamentary seats			500	+7
Sources: Central Election Council

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Vietnam election 2011 results show that non-party members made up 8.4% of seats.

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Vietnam election 2011 results show that females made up 24.4% of seats and males 75.6% of seats. Figure is rounded.

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Vietnam Election 2011 results show that ethnic minorities made up 15.6% of parliamentary seats.