1997 Vietnamese National Assembly Election
20 July 1997 · Đổi Mới opens a narrow door · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
Communist Party of Vietnam finished first with 384 of 450 seats. Turnout 99.6%. Phan Văn Khải replaced Võ Văn Kiệt.
Every candidate, party member or not, still had to be nominated through the Communist-led Fatherland Front, and non-party and independent candidates never took more than a few dozen of several hundred seats.
Prime Minister before
Võ Văn Kiệt
Communist Party
Prime Minister after
Phan Văn Khải
Communist Party
Largest force
Communist Party of Vietnam
384 of 450 seats
Turnout
99.6%
The result
Communist Party of Vietnam
384
seats
Non-party members
63
seats
Independents
3
seats