Paint-by-Numbers Democracy: The Stakes, Structure, and Results of the 2007 Vietnamese National Assembly Election
Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-48, 2009
48 Pages Posted: 2 Sep 2010
Date Written: August 1, 2008
Abstract
The 2007 National Assembly (NA) election in Vietnam inspired the imagination of observers. New electoral procedures boded well for increased competition and representation. This article probes this outcome, providing a detailed account of how the Vietnamese electoral process works in practice. It concludes that despite well-publicized institutional changes, the composition of the post-election NA still reflects a preplanned script and even possesses slightly smaller shares of non-party members and self-nominated candidates than in previous years. Nevertheless, the authors found some room for optimism in the unprecedented rejection of central nominees, primarily in wealthy, donor provinces.
Keywords: National Assembly, political science, elections, Vietnam, authoritarian institutions
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