South Vietnamese Senate election, 1970

Senate elections were held in South Vietnam on 30 August 1970.[1] The election was contested by a total of 16 lists, of which the three highest polling would be elected and receive 10 seats each.[2] Each voter had three votes, with the winning list receiving 1,149,597 votes (11.7%), whilst the third-placed list won 882,274 votes (9.0%).[3] Voter turnout was reported to be 65.4%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
The People1,149,59711.710
The Sun1,106,28811.310
Public Good and Social Justice882,2749.010
Just Peace800,4538.20
Progress654,8336.70
Sheaf of Rice628,9926.40
Three Lotus Blossoms611,3516.20
Mother and Child591,2586.00
People and Peace533,6925.40
Democratic Buddhist Alliance492,1315.00
Revolution453,1684.60
Greater Solidarity430,4654.40
South North Center420,6884.30
Support of the Government399,7674.10
The People First342,4163.50
Fish and Water320,3653.30
Total9,817,73810030
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
'Total votes cast4,299,516100
Registered voters/turnout6,578,08265.1
Source: Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam[4]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p337
  3. Nohlen et al., p335
  4. "Vietnam Public Administration Bulletin Number 54" (PDF). US Agency for International Development. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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