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Laos

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President CHOUMMALY Sayasone
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister BOUASONE Bouphavanh
  • Assembly: Laos has a unicameral National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat) with 115 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
  • Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
  • In the National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat) 115 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** The total number of seats increased from 109 to 115 for the 2006 election.

Population:

  • Population: 6,834,345 (July 2009 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - June 2011
  • Parliamentary - March 2011

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/23/2010

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