1946 North Vietnamese legislative election

1946 North Vietnamese legislative election

6 January 1946 1960 →

302 seats in the National Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hồ Chí Minh Dương Đức Hiền Phan Tư Nghĩa
Party Viet Minh Democratic Socialist
Seats won 182 45 27
Preparing the National Assembly elections, Phất Lộc Lane, Hanoi in 1946.

National Assembly elections were held in areas controlled by North Vietnam on 6 January 1946.[1] Held under the 1946 constitution, they resulted in a victory for the Communist-led Việt Minh, which won 182 of the 302 seats, although the distribution of seats between parties had been decided before the elections.[2] The ballot was not secret and ballot papers were filled out in the presence of aides who were "to help comrades who had difficulty in making out their ballots."[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p336
  3. ^ Nohlen et al., p324