1989 Laotian parliamentary election
Laos
26 March 1989
All 79 seats in the National Assembly
PartyLeader Seats
LPRP Kaysone Phomvihane 65
Independents – 14
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President before President after
Phoumi Vongvichit (acting)
LPRP		 Phoumi Vongvichit (acting)
LPRP

Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 26 March 1989, the first since 1972,[1] and the first since the Communist takeover in 1975.

A total of 121 candidates contested the 79 seats. All candidates had to be approved by the Lao Front for National Construction, dominated by the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party; around two-thirds of candidates were LPRP members. The LPRP won 65 seats, with independents whose candidacies had been approved by the Front taking the remainder.[2] Voter turnout was reported to be 98.4%.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lao People's Revolutionary Party65
Independents14
Total79
Registered voters/turnout98.4
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p135 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ↑ Laos: Elections held in 1989 Inter-Parliamentary Union
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