Country: | Vietnam |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2002 Vietnamese legislative election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2011 Vietnamese legislative election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | All 493 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 247 |
Election Date: | 20 May 2007 |
Turnout: | 99.64% |
Image1: | Nong Duc Manh 2010.jpg |
Leader1: | Nông Đức Mạnh |
Party1: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Last Election1: | 447 |
Seats1: | 450 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Non-party and independents |
Last Election2: | 51 |
Seats2: | 43 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
Before Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
After Election: | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng |
After Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 May 2007.[1]
Following the elections, in the first session of the new National Assembly, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was elected as Chairman on 23 July 2007.[2] Incumbent president Nguyễn Minh Triết was re-elected by the new National Assembly on 24 July 2007 with 98.78% of the vote.[3] Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, who had held the position since the resignation of Phan Văn Khải in 2006,[4] was re-elected to the position on 25 July 2007.[5] Other positions were also filled during this first session.