| Election Name: | 2016 Vietnamese parliamentary election |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Vietnamese legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Vietnamese legislative election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | 496 seats to the National Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 249 |
| Turnout: | 99.35% |
| Colour1: | D40000 |
| Leader1: | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Party1: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Seats Before1: | 458 |
| Seats1: | 475 |
| Seats After1: | 464 |
| Seat Change1: | 17 |
| Colour2: | B8B8B8 |
| Leader2: | no one |
| Party2: | Independent |
| Seats Before2: | 42 |
| Seats2: | 21 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 21 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| After Election: | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016 to elect members of the National Assembly, alongside local elections.[1] As Vietnam is a one-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam was the only party to contest the elections.
The election date, a Sunday according to electoral law, was announced on 24 November 2015.
The members of the National Assembly were elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected; candidates had to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.[2]
A total of 870 candidates were approved to run for election,[3] including 97 independents and 11 self-nominees.[4]
Initially the Communist Party had 475 elected delegates. However 2 delegates were disqualified from duty before the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly. Therefore the Communist Party had 473 elected delegates at the end.