Laotian parliamentary election, 1965

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Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 18 July 1965.^[1] The elections were boycotted by the Lao Patriotic Front,^[2] and saw the Southern Bloc emerge as the largest party with 15 of the 59 seats.^[3] However, only 22,000 citizens were allowed to vote, with the franchise restricted to politicians, civil servants, army officers, police and local government officers.^[4]

Results

Party	%	Seats
Southern Bloc		15
Lao Neutralist Party		14
Youth Movement		12
Vientiane Group		9
Independents		9
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		59
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
↑ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp689–690
↑ Nohlen et al., p138
↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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