1960 Laotian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 24 April 1960 to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament.^[1] The result was a victory for the Committee for the Defence of the National Interests, which won 34 of the 59 seats.^[2]

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Committee for the Defence of National Interests	34	New
	Lao People's Rally	17	–16
	Lao Patriotic Front	0	–9
	Peace and Neutrality Party	0	–4
	Independents	8	+4
Total		59	–1

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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