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Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 25 April 1976,[ 1] North's military victory over the South the previous year. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front was the only party to contest the election, and won all 492 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 98.8%.
In what had been North Vietnam, the Workers' Party of Vietnam and other groups nominated 308 candidates for the 249 seats, while in the south, the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peaceful Forces and National Liberation Front nominated 297 candidates for the 243 seats. All were under the umbrella of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.[ 2] Third Force Movement [vi ] activists (anti-war, non-communists), such as Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh , who had led the Vietnamese Women's Movement for the Right to Live and Huỳnh Tấn Mẫm [vi ] , who had been a leader of the Saigon Students' Association's resistance movement.[ 3]
Party Votes % Seats Workers' Party of Vietnam and other groups 22,895,611 100.00 249 National Liberation Front –Vietnam Alliance of National,
Democratic and Peaceful Forces243 Total 22,895,611 100.00 492 Valid votes 22,895,611 99.12 Invalid/blank votes 204,054 0.88 Total votes 23,099,665 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 23,387,940 98.77 Source: IPU
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