ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

Home

Elections Today

Encyclopaedia

Comparative Data

Electoral Materials

Support and Advice

Regions & Countries

About ACE

Personal tools

You are here: Home → Regions & Countries → Countries and Territories → Lao People's Democratic Republic

Regions & Countries
- Africa
- Americas
- Arab World
- Asia
- Caribbean
- Europe
- Oceania
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
  - Comparative Data
  - Search Site
  - Electoral Materials (2)
  - Election-related links (2)
  - Electoral News (6)
  - Events (1)
  - External Databases
- Countries/Territories
  - Afghanistan
  - Albania
  - Algeria
  - American Samoa
  - Andorra
  - Angola
  - Anguilla
  - Antigua and Barbuda
  - Argentina
  - Armenia
  - Aruba
  - Australia
  - Austria
  - Azerbaijan
  - Bahamas
  - Bahrain
  - Bangladesh
  - Barbados
  - Belarus
  - Belgium
  - Belize
  - Benin
  - Bermuda
  - Bhutan
  - Bolivia
  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - Botswana
  - Brazil
  - Brunei Darussalam
  - Bulgaria
  - Burkina Faso
  - Burma (Myanmar)
  - Burundi
  - Cambodia
  - Cameroon
  - Canada
  - Cape Verde
  - Cayman Islands
  - Central African Republic
  - Chad
  - Chile
  - China
  - Christmas Island
  - Cocos (keeling) Islands
  - Colombia
  - Comoros
  - Congo (Brazzaville)
  - Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
  - Cook Islands
  - Costa Rica
  - Cote d'Ivoire
  - Croatia
  - Cuba
  - Cyprus
  - Cyprus (North)
  - Czech Republic
  - Denmark
  - Djibouti
  - Dominica
  - Dominican Republic
  - Ecuador
  - Egypt
  - El Salvador
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Eritrea
  - Estonia
  - Ethiopia
  - European Union
  - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  - Faroe Islands
  - Fiji
  - Finland
  - France
  - French Guiana
  - French Polynesia
  - Gabon
  - Gambia
  - Georgia
  - Germany
  - Ghana
  - Gibraltar
  - Greece
  - Greenland
  - Grenada
  - Guadeloupe
  - Guam
  - Guatemala
  - Guernsey
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Guyana
  - Haiti
  - Holy See (Vatican City State)
  - Honduras
  - Hong Kong
  - Hungary
  - Iceland
  - India
  - Indonesia
  - Iran, Islamic Republic of
  - Iraq
  - Ireland
  - Israel
  - Italy
  - Jamaica
  - Japan
  - Jersey
  - Jordan
  - Kazakhstan
  - Kenya
  - Kiribati
  - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  - Korea, Republic of
  - Kosovo
  - Kuwait
  - Kyrgyzstan
  - Lao People's Democratic Republic
  - Latvia
  - Lebanon
  - Lesotho
  - Liberia
  - Libya
  - Liechtenstein
  - Lithuania
  - Luxembourg
  - Macau
  - Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
  - Madagascar
  - Malawi
  - Malaysia
  - Maldives
  - Mali
  - Malta
  - Man, Isle of
  - Marshall Islands
  - Martinique
  - Mauritania
  - Mauritius
  - Mayotte
  - Mexico
  - Micronesia, Federated States of
  - Moldova, Republic of
  - Monaco
  - Mongolia
  - Montenegro
  - Montserrat
  - Morocco
  - Mozambique
  - Namibia
  - Nauru
  - Nepal
  - Netherlands
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - New Caledonia
  - New Zealand
  - Nicaragua
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Niue
  - Norfolk Islands
  - Northern Mariana Islands
  - Norway
  - Oman
  - Pakistan
  - Palau
  - Palestine
  - Panama
  - Papua New Guinea
  - Paraguay
  - Peru
  - Philippines
  - Pitcairn Islands
  - Poland
  - Portugal
  - Puerto Rico
  - Qatar
  - Reunion
  - Romania
  - Russian Federation
  - Rwanda
  - Saint Helena
  - Saint Kitts and Nevis
  - Saint Lucia
  - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  - Samoa
  - San Marino
  - Sao Tome and Principe
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Senegal
  - Serbia
  - Seychelles
  - Sierra Leone
  - Singapore
  - Slovakia
  - Slovenia
  - Solomon Islands
  - Somalia
  - South Africa
  - South Sudan
  - Spain
  - Sri Lanka
  - Sudan
  - Suriname
  - Swaziland
  - Sweden
  - Switzerland
  - Syrian Arab Republic
  - Taiwan
  - Tajikistan
  - Tanzania
  - Thailand
  - Timor-Leste
  - Togo
  - Tokelau
  - Tonga
  - Trinidad and Tobago
  - Tunisia
  - Turkey
  - Turkmenistan
  - Turks and Caicos Islands
  - Tuvalu
  - Uganda
  - Ukraine
  - United Arab Emirates
  - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  - United States of America
  - Uruguay
  - Uzbekistan
  - Vanuatu
  - Venezuela
  - Viet Nam
  - Virgin Islands, British
  - Virgin Islands, U.S.
  - Wallis and Futuna
  - Western Sahara
  - Yemen
  - Zambia
  - Zanzibar
  - Zimbabwe

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Head of State
Indirectly elected by legislature
Head of Government
Appointed
Electoral System (Chamber 1)
Block Vote
Voting age
18

Mixed

Name of Institution: Ministry of the Interior National Election Committee Website Address: N/A

More data ...

Electoral News Archive Subscribe
21 September 2011 Lao officials join Party organisation course, KPL (2011).
16 June 2011 Laos' National Assembly re-elects President Choummaly, PM Thongsing , Xinhua News(2011)
02 May 2011 Lao PDR: Public turn out for NA election with enthusiasm, KPL (2011)
02 March 2011 Laos; National Assembly Prepares For Upcoming General Election, ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly (2011).
05 September 2007 Laos: Communist party wins predictable election in Laos, Taipei Times (2006).
05 September 2007 Laos start National Assembly Members voting, People’s Daily Online (2006).

Links
Upcoming and past elections Election Results - Laos

Reports
Election Reports

Electoral Materials

Constitutions

1 materials

Laws and Regulations

1 materials

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President Gen. is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term. In the National Assembly 109 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.

ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

Personal tools

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Electoral News Archive

Links

Reports

Electoral Materials

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Description of Electoral System:

Document Actions