The Lao National Union Party ( lo, ລາວລວມສຳພັນ, Lao Ruam Samphanh) was a
Buddhist Socialist political party in
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
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History
The party was established by
Bong Souvannavong
A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. In the bong shown in the photo, the gas flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right.
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on 22 September 1947.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p689] It won two of the 39 seats in the
1951 elections and retained both in the
1955 elections. It failed to win a seat in the
1958 supplementary elections and lost parliamentary representation following the
1960 elections.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p137
References
Defunct political parties in Laos
Political parties established in 1947
1947 establishments in Laos
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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