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East Asia & Pacific 路 Capital: Vientiane

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Upcoming elections

No upcoming national election is on record for Laos.

How Laos is governed

System of government
Unitary one-party socialist republic with a supreme unicameral legislature

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Prime Minister

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
18

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
No

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
National Election Committee

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic 175 seats 路 5-year term 路 Direct election by universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot in multi-member constituencies under the election law

The National Election Committee oversees elections for the National Assembly and local People's Assemblies and establishes local election committees. The President is indirectly elected by the National Assembly, while the Prime Minister is proposed by the President and approved by the National Assembly; the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is constitutionally the leading core of the political system.

kpl.gov.la Official source

The National Election Committee on March 2, 2026 officially announced the list of 175 elected members of the 10th National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

na.gov.la Official source

To elect or remove the President and Vice-President of the State

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic head of state 路 1 seats 路 5-year term 路 Indirect election by the National Assembly with more than two-thirds of attending members; limited to two consecutive terms

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2026 Laotian parliamentary election

Final resultsTurnout 98%

Seats won: all 2 lines, as in the table
Results of 2026 Laotian parliamentary election
Party or candidateSeatsSource
Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Elected169

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Lao People's Revolutionary Party 169; Independents 6; Registered voters/turnout 4,764,384 97.81

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) ... won all seats in the National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Independents Elected6

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Lao People's Revolutionary Party 169; Independents 6; Registered voters/turnout 4,764,384 97.81

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) ... won all seats in the National Assembly

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

2021 Laotian parliamentary election 路 21 February 2021

Final resultsTurnout 98%

Results of 2021 Laotian parliamentary election
Party or candidateSeatsSource
Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Elected158

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 4,053,151; Voter turnout 98.0%; The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) took 158 seats

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Independents Elected6

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 4,053,151; Voter turnout 98.0%; The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) took 158 seats

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Open 2021 Laotian parliamentary election

Laos in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

Contains information from Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). It is cited for facts; its text is not copied.

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