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Politics of Laos


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Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 25 December 1955.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling National Progressive Party, which won 22 of the 39 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 75.6%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
National Progressive Party			22	+3
Independent Party			7	–3
Democratic Party			3	–1
Lao National Union Party			2	0
Independents			5	+1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	227,841		39	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p135 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al., p137

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