2002 Vietnamese National Assembly Election
19 May 2002 · Đổi Mới opens a narrow door · 498 seats, 250 for a majority
Communist Party of Vietnam finished first with 447 of 498 seats. Turnout 98.8%. Phan Văn Khải stayed in office.
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
Phan Văn Khải
Communist Party
Prime Minister (continued)
Phan Văn Khải
Communist Party
Largest force
Communist Party of Vietnam
447 of 498 seats
Turnout
98.8%
The result
Communist Party of Vietnam
+63 seats
447
seats
Non-party members
-12 seats
51
seats