Country: | Vietnam |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1997 Vietnamese legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1997 |
Next Election: | 2007 Vietnamese legislative election |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Seats For Election: | All 498 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 250 |
Election Date: | 19 May 2002 |
Turnout: | 98.85% |
Image1: | NongDucManh29052007.jpg |
Leader1: | Nông Đức Mạnh |
Party1: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Last Election1: | 384 |
Seats After1: | 447 |
Seat Change1: | 63 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Non-party members |
Last Election2: | 63 |
Seats After2: | 51 |
Seat Change2: | 12 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Phan Văn Khải |
Before Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
After Election: | Phan Văn Khải |
After Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 19 May 2002.[1] A total of 759 candidates, including 125 independents, contested the election. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front was the only organisation to nominate candidates, with 634 coming from the Communist Party of Vietnam and 125 being non-party members.[1] The Communist Party won 447 of the 498 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be over 99%.
The first session of the new National Assembly met from July 19 to August 12, 2002.[2] Nguyễn Văn An, who had held the position of Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam since 2001, after Nông Đức Mạnh was dismissed from the same role after being elected to the higher post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was re-elected. Trần Đức Lương was re-elected as President,[3] and Phan Văn Khải was re-elected as Prime Minister.