1955 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 25 December 1955 to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling National Progressive Party, which won 22 of the 39 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 75.6%.

Results

Elections were only held in ten of the twelve provinces.[3]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Progressive Party22+3
Independent Party7–3
Democratic Party3–1
Lao National Union Party20
Independents5+1
Total390
Total votes227,841
Registered voters/turnout301,28375.62
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p135 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p137
  3. Nohlen et al., p135
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