1970 South Vietnamese Senate election

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	11.71	10
	The Sun	1,106,288	11.27	10
	Public Good and Social Justice	882,274	8.99	10
	Just Peace	800,453	8.15	0
	Progress	654,833	6.67	0
	Sheaf of Rice	628,992	6.41	0
	Three Lotus Blossoms	611,351	6.23	0
	Mother and Child	591,258	6.02	0
	People and Peace	533,692	5.44	0
	Democratic Buddhist Alliance	492,131	5.01	0
	Revolution	453,168	4.62	0
	Greater Solidarity	430,465	4.38	0
	South North Center	420,688	4.28	0
	Support of the Government	399,767	4.07	0
	The People First	342,416	3.49	0
	Fish and Water	320,365	3.26	0
Total		9,817,738	100.00	30

Total votes		4,299,516	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,578,082	65.36
Source: Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam^[4]

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
^ Nohlen et al., p335
^ "Vietnam Public Administration Bulletin Number 54" (PDF). US Agency for International Development. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[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.

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