Electoral system for national legislature

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Law on Election of National Assembly (2001)

Article 7
Principle for Determining the Number of Members of the National Assembly

The number of members of the National Assembly is determined based on the following principles:

1. Every 50,000 [persons] in the population shall be represented by one member of the National Assembly;
2. According to the team work principle, any province or special zone with a population of less than 150,000 persons shall have three members of the National Assembly;

Article 9
Proposal of Names and Ranking of Candidates

All organisations of the Party and the State, the Lao Front for National Construction and mass organisations have the right to nominate a list of their candidates to be elected as members of the National Assembly, through local election committees in the concerned constituencies, which lists shall then be proposed to the National Election Committee for consideration and approval.

Article 34
Candidates Elected as Members of the National Assembly

The candidates who are elected as members of the National Assembly shall be those who receive the highest number of votes [corresponding to] the number [of members] required for that constituency. If there is an equal number of votes for two candidates for [the position of] the final member required by the constituency, the more experienced candidate shall be selected, but in the event that the two candidates have equal experience, the older candidate shall be selected as the member of the National Assembly.