1959 South Vietnamese Lower-House Election
30 August 1959 · The First Republic · 123 seats
National Revolutionary Movement finished first with 78 of 123 seats.
A 1966 CIA report called this the dirtiest and most openly rigged of all South Vietnamese elections: soldiers were bussed in from outside the district to stuff ballot boxes, and the two independents who won were barred from taking their seats.
President before
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President (continued)
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Largest force
National Revolutionary Movement
78 of 123 seats
Turnout
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The result
National Revolutionary Movement
78
seats
Vietnamese Socialist Party
4
seats
Social Democratic Party
3
seats
Vietnamese Restoration Party
2
seats
Democratic Liberties Party
2
seats
Pro-government independents
32
seats
Opposition independents
2
seats