All South Vietnam elections

1956 South Vietnamese Lower-House Election

4 March 1956 · The First Republic · 121 seats

National Revolutionary Movement finished first with 61 of 121 seats.

Candidates faced government screening over alleged links to the Việt Minh and could be barred from the ballot on that basis; the ruling National Revolutionary Movement or pro-government independents took the great majority of seats at every contest.

President before

President (continued)

Largest force

National Revolutionary Movement

61 of 121 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the National Assembly
National Revolutionary Movement61
Citizens' Assembly25
Revolutionary Labor Party15
Movement to Win and Preserve Freedom8
Dai-Viet Progressive Party1
Pro-government Independents11