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2002 Vietnamese legislative election

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Field	Value
country	Vietnam
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1997 Vietnamese legislative election
previous_year	1997
next_election	2007 Vietnamese legislative election
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	All 498 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	250
election_date	19 May 2002
turnout	98.85%
image1	NongDucManh29052007.jpg
leader1	Nông Đức Mạnh
party1	Communist Party of Vietnam
last_election1	384
seats_after1	447
seat_change1	63
leader2	–
image2	Vietnam Fatherland Front placeholder.svg
party2	Non-party members
last_election2	63
seats_after2	51
seat_change2	12
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Phan Văn Khải
before_party	Communist Party of Vietnam
after_election	Phan Văn Khải
after_party	Communist Party of Vietnam
alliance2	Fatherland Fr.
alliance1	Fatherland Fr.

Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 19 May 2002. A total of 759 candidates, including 125 independents, contested the election. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front was the only organisation to nominate candidates, with 634 coming from the Communist Party of Vietnam and 125 being non-party members. The Communist Party won 447 of the 498 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be over 99%.

Results

Aftermath

The first session of the new National Assembly met from July 19 to August 12, 2002. Nguyễn Văn An, who had held the position of Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam since 2001, after Nông Đức Mạnh was dismissed from the same role after being elected to the higher post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was re-elected. Trần Đức Lương was re-elected as President, and Phan Văn Khải was re-elected as Prime Minister.

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2349_02.htm Vietnam: Elections held in 2002] Inter-Parliamentary Union
"QUỐC HỘI KHOÁ XI (2002-2007)".
VnExpress. "Ông Trần Đức Lương được bầu làm Chủ tịch nước".

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