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2007 Vietnamese legislative election

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2007 Vietnamese legislative election

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All 493 seats in the National Assembly
247 seats needed for a majority
Turnout99.64%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nông Đức Mạnh
Party Communist Party Non-party and independents
Last election 447 51
Seats won 450 43
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 8

Prime Minister before election

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Communist Party

Elected Prime Minister

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Communist Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 May 2007.[1]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats /–
Communist Party of Vietnam450 3
Non-party members42–9
Independents1New
Total493–5
Registered voters/turnout99.64
Source: IPU

Aftermath

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Following the elections, in the first session of the new National Assembly, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was elected as Chairman on 23 July 2007.[2] Incumbent president Nguyễn Minh Triết was re-elected by the new National Assembly on 24 July 2007 with 98.78% of the vote.[3] Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, who had held the position since the resignation of Phan Văn Khải in 2006,[4] was re-elected to the position on 25 July 2007.[5] Other positions were also filled during this first session.

References

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  1. ^ Vietnam to elect 500 legislators in May Xinhua, 23 February 2007
  2. ^ TTXVN (2024-06-17). "Quốc hội Việt Nam khóa XII". TTXVN. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  3. ^ Nguyen Minh Triet re-elected Vietnamese state president Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Xinhua, 34 July 2007
  4. ^ "Thủ tướng Phan Văn Khải chính thức xin từ nhiệm". Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Vietnamese). 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  5. ^ "Ông Nguyễn Tấn Dũng tái đắc cử Thủ tướng". Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Vietnamese). 2007-07-25. Retrieved 2024-06-17.