Parliamentary elections were held in

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

on 27 September 1963. All but three of the 123 seats in the National Assembly were won by President Ngo Dinh Diem's regime. Three seats were won by the opposition

Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party The Viet Nam Democratic Socialist Party ( vi, Đảng Dân chủ Xã hội Việt Nam) was a political party in South Vietnam. History It was founded in 1944 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ, the founder of Hòa Hảo. The party was formed through the unity ...

and the Đại Việt Progressive Party. As the elections took place during the

Buddhist crisis The Buddhist crisis ( vi, Biến cố Phật giáo) was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of ...

, the government allowed elements of the opposition to stand during the elections as one of the concessions to Buddhist protest leaders. However, due to the

1963 South Vietnamese coup In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm and the Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of both the Buddhist crisis and the V ...

, the National Assembly was not able to convene for its first inaugural session and was forced to dissolve by the military.Nohlen ''et al''., p337

Results

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