South Vietnamese parliamentary election, 1963

Parliamentary elections were held in South Vietnam on 27 September 1963.^[1] All but three of the 123 seats in the National Assembly were won by President Ngo Dinh Diem's regime. Three seats were won by the opposition Social Democratic Party and the Dai Viet Progressive Party. As the elections took place during the Buddhist crisis, the government allowed elements of the opposition to stand during the elections as one of the concessions to Buddhist protest leaders. However, due to the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, the National Assembly was not able to convene for its first inaugural session and was forced to dissolve by the military.^[2]

Results

Party	%	Seats
National Revolutionary Movement		66
Citizens' Assembly		18
Workers' Party		10
Movement to Win and Preserve Freedom		7
Social Democratic Party		2
Dai Viet Progressive Party		1
Pro-government Independents		19
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		123
Source: Keesing's Research Review.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p331 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Nohlen et al., p337

Elections and referendums in Vietnam

Legislative elections

North Vietnam

Legislative elections	1946 1960 1964 1971 1975

South Vietnam

Presidential elections	1961 1967 1971

Parliamentary elections	1956* 1959 1963 1966* 1967 1971

Senate elections	1967 1970 1973

Referendums	1955

Cochinchina

Parliamentary elections	1922 1926 1930 1935 1939 1949

* Constitutional Assembly

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