2016 Vietnamese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016 to elect members of the National Assembly, alongside local elections.
As Vietnam is a one-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was the only party to contest the elections.

Background

The election date, a Sunday, in line with the electoral law, was announced on 24 November 2015.

Electoral system

The members of the National Assembly were elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected; candidates had to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.

Campaign

A total of 870 candidates were approved to run for election, including 97 independents and 11 self-nominees.

Results

Initially the Communist Party had 475 elected delegates. However 2 delegates were disqualified from duty before the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly. Therefore the Communist Party had 473 elected delegates at the end.