At Stake in this Election: 

• All 500 seats in the Vietnamese National Assembly 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: State President Luong CUONG (since 21 October 2024) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Pham Minh CHINH (since 6 April 2021) 

• Assembly: unicameral, 500-seat National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi) 

Electoral System: 

• The State President and the Prime Minister are elected by the National Assembly from amongst its members to serve a 5-year term. There are no constitutionally mandated term limits. 

• Members of the National Assembly are directly elected via a majoritarian system in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. There are no term limits. Members’ terms may be extended for up to 12 months in special circumstances. 

Last Election: 

The last election for the National Assembly was held on May 23, 2021. The Communist Party of Vietnam won 485 seats. Non-party members won 14 seats. Voter turnout was reported at 99.6%. 

Information for Voters: 

Hỏi đáp / Election Q&A (in Vietnamese) 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 1 February 2026 

• Voter registration deadline: n/a, voter registration is passive 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Communist Party of Vietnam / Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam 

• • Leader: Tô LÂM 

• • Seats won in the last election: 485 seats out of 500 

Country Context: 

• Population: 100,987,686 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 69,523,133 (2021 est.) 

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.174 (2024) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Closed Autocracy (2024) 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.766, High, Rank 93 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 51,526,287 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 29 July 1980, Ratified 17 February 1982 

• Gender Quota: Yes, legislated quotas that require women make up at least 35% of the total number of the list of candidates in the National Assembly. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 149 out of 472 (31.6%) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 24.5 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 22 October 2007, Ratified 5 February 2015 

• Projected population with a disability: 16,158,030 (2024 est.)