2026 Vietnamese legislative election

2026 Vietnamese legislative election
15 March 2026
All 500 seats in the National Assembly
251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout99.70%[1] Increase 0.10 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tô Lâm –
Party Communist Party Independent
Alliance Fatherland Front Fatherland Front
Leader since 18 July 2024[a]
Last election 485 14
Seats won 482 18
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 4
Results by province
CPV:      70-80%      80-90%      90–99%      100%
Prime Minister before election

Phạm Minh Chính
Communist Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Lê Minh Hưng
Communist Party

Legislative elections were held in Vietnam on 15 March 2026.[2][3] Early elections were held in the islands of the South Central Coast, Mekong Delta and Southeast regions from 26 February 2026.[4][5][6][7]

This election has elected the 16th National Assembly of Vietnam, which would eventually appoint Trần Thanh Mẫn as the National Assembly Chairman, Tô Lâm as President, Lê Minh Hưng as the Prime Minister alongside his cabinet, constituting the Vietnamese 2026–2031 administration.

The results were announced on 21 March 2026, paving the way for the 16th National Assembly's inaugural session, which convened on 6 April 2026.[8]

Electoral system

The members of the National Assembly are elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected. Block voting is used, with each district having two or three seats.[9] Candidates have to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.[10]

Background

All participating candidates and elected members are expected to be nominal members of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front. Meanwhile, for the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the incumbent General Secretary of the Central Committee was Tô Lâm. After multiple rumors and speculations, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam ultimately confirmed Tô Lâm to stay as the Party General Secretary for the next term, alongside the new Central Committee and Politburo, effectively platforming the Vietnamese political orientation for the 2026–2031 term.[11]

Candidates

A total of 864 candidates from 182 constituencies contested for 500 seats in the election. Of these, nearly 93% were members of the CPV, while 7.5% were independents;[12] five candidates were self-nominated.[13]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Communist Party of Vietnam482–3
Independents18+4
Total5000
Valid votes75,892,84899.61
Invalid/blank votes298,7050.39
Total votes76,191,553100.00
Registered voters/turnout76,423,94099.70
Source: NEC, NEC, Vietnam.vn

Response

On 19 March 2026, independent journalist Nguyễn Hoàng Vi was arrested, detained and beaten by police officers after posting critical comments about the legitimacy of the election on social media.[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Acting: 18 July – 3 August 2024

References

  1. ↑ "KẾT QUẢ BẦU CỬ ĐẠI BIỂU QUỐC HỘI KHOÁ XVI" (PDF) (in Vietnamese). Hội Đồng Bầu Cử Quốc Gia (National Election Council). 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "NA approves shortened term, sets 2026 election date". Viet Nam News. 21 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Vietnamese National Assembly sets election date for new term". Xinhua. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ho Chi Minh City ready for early election for 16th NA, People's Councils". Báo Lạng Sơn. 25 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ho Chi Minh City: Early elections held at the 2nd Naval Region". vietnam.vn. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Bùi Toàn, Đức Thu, Ngọc Tài, Đắc Thành (8 March 2026). "Đặc khu Trường Sa, Thổ Châu, xã biên giới bầu cử sớm" [Trường Sa Special Zone, Thổ Châu, border communes hold early elections] (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. Retrieved 10 March 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Chanh Đa (10 March 2026). "Cà Mau: Từ đảo Hòn Chuối, cử tri phấn khởi hướng về Ngày hội non sông" [Ca Mau: From Hòn Chuối Island, voters enthusiastically look forward to the National Day celebration]. Vietnamplus.vn (in Vietnamese). Vietnamplus. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Công bố kết quả bầu cử Quốc hội khóa 16 vào ngày 23/3". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 9 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Two How Elections Work in Vietnam". United Front. 2021. pp. 49–66. doi:10.1515/9781503614758-005. ISBN 9781503614758. S2CID 240967678.
  10. ↑ "Viet Nam (Quoc-Hoi), Electoral system". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Vietnam's To Lam re-elected Party General Secretary". VnExpress. 22 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Vietnam holds general election, 93% candidates from ruling Communist Party". Al Jazeera. 15 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Danh sách 500 người trúng cử đại biểu Quốc hội khóa XVI". Tuổi Trẻ. 21 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Hoang Vi allegedly assaulted while in police detention". Committee to Protect Journalists. 23 March 2026. Archived from the original on 24 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
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