Vietnam: Detention centers may have separate polling stations from September 01, 2015

Specifically, according to Article 11 of the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, each constituency of National Assembly deputies and each constituency of People’s Council deputies shall be divided into polling stations. The polling stations of National Assembly deputies and the polling stations of People’s Council deputies are the same. Each polling station shall have between three hundred and four thousand electors. In the mountainous region, highland, islands and sparsely populated areas, they may set up polling stations although there are enough three hundred electors.

Concurrently, places which may have separate polling stations:

- People's armed units;

- Hospitals, maternity wards, convalescent homes, the disabled care facilities, elderly people care facilities which there are at least fifty electors;

- Reform schools, detoxification units, detention centers.

Note: The determination of polling stations shall be decided by People’s Committees of communes and approved by People’s Committees of districts. Regarding districts having no commune or town, the determination of polling stations shall be decided by People’s Committees of districts.

Besides, this Law also stipulates that from the date on which the polling day is announced, every 18-year-old or older citizen of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is entitled to vote in the election and every 21-year-old or older citizen is entitled to stand for the election to the National Assembly and the People’s Councils as prescribed in this Law. Moreover, the polling day must be a Sunday and be announced within 115 days before the polling day.

View more details at the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, effective from September 01, 2015.

Ty Na

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