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 People	1,149,597	11.7	10
The Sun	1,106,288	11.3	10
Public Good and Social Justice	882,274	9.0	10
Just Peace	800,453	8.2	0
Progress	654,833	6.7	0
Sheaf of Rice	628,992	6.4	0
Three Lotus Blossoms	611,351	6.2	0
Mother and Child	591,258	6.0	0
People and Peace	533,692	5.4	0
Democratic Buddhist Alliance	492,131	5.0	0
Revolution	453,168	4.6	0
Greater Solidarity	430,465	4.4	0
South North Center	420,688	4.3	0
Support of the Government	399,767	4.1	0
The People First	342,416	3.5	0
Fish and Water	320,365	3.3	0
Total	9,817,738	100	30
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
'Total votes cast	4,299,516	100
Registered voters/turnout	6,578,082	65.1
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.