Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Vietnam portal Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016 to elect members of the National Assembly, alongside local 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.

However 2 delegates were disqualified from duty before the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly.