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1997 Laotian parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Laos
previous_election	1992
next_election	2002
election_date	21 December 1997
seats_for_election	All 99 seats in the National Assembly
nopercentage	yes
party1	Lao People's Revolutionary Party
leader1	Khamtai Siphandone
seats1	98
last_election1	85
party2	Independents
leader2	–
seats2	1
last_election2	0
title	President
before_election	Nouhak Phoumsavanh
before_party	Lao People's Revolutionary Party
after_election	Khamtai Siphandone
after_party	Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 21 December 1997. A total of 159 candidates contested the 99 seats, all but four of which were Lao People's Revolutionary Party members. All candidates were pre-screened by the LPRP. The LPRP won 98 seats, with an independent winning the remaining seat. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.4%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p135 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[http://countrystudies.us/laos/89.htm Laos: Legislature] at Country Studies
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2175_97.htm Laos: Elections held in 1997] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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