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%.
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Results
Elections were only held in ten of the twelve provinces.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Progressive Party | 22 | +3 | |||
| Independent Party | 7 | –3 | |||
| Democratic Party | 3 | –1 | |||
| Lao National Union Party | 2 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 5 | +1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 227,841 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 301,283 | 75.62 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p135 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- Nohlen et al., p137
- Nohlen et al., p135
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