2026 Vietnamese legislative election

2026 Vietnamese legislative election

15 March 2026
All 500 seats in the National Assembly 251 seats needed for a majority
Leader Tô Lâm – Party Communist Party Independents Alliance Fatherland Front Fatherland Front Last election 485 seats 14 seats
Incumbent Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính Communist Party

Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Vietnam on 15 March 2026. Early elections were held in Ho Chi Minh City on 26 February 2026.

Electoral system

The members of the National Assembly are elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected. Block voting is used, with each district having two or three seats. Candidates have to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round hold on a plurality basis.

Background

All participating candidates and elected members are expected to be nominal members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. Meanwhile, for the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the incumbent General Secretary of the Central Committee was Tô Lâm. The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam ultimately confirmed Tô Lâm to be the Party General Secretary for the next term, alongside the new Central Committee and Politburo, effectively platforming the Vietnamese political orientation for the 2026–2031 term.