HCMC – Around 96.7% of registered voters in HCMC had cast their ballots by 7 p.m. today, March 15, in the elections for the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term., showed data from the HCMC Election Committee.
The turnout rose by 18.81 percentage points compared with the 3 p.m. update today.
A total of 161 out of 168 wards and communes recorded turnout above 90%. Thirty-one localities reported a 100% turnout, while no polling area reported turnout below 50%.
HCMC has nearly 9.7 million eligible voters, the largest electorate in the country. These voters had cast their ballots across 5,068 polling stations in 168 wards, communes and special administrative zone by 7 p.m.
There are 38 of 64 candidates to be elected to the 16th National Assembly and 125 of 208 candidates to the HCMC People’s Council. At the ward/commune level, they are 4.236 people to be elected to the People’s Councils for the 2026–2031 term.
Vote counting began at the polling stations immediately after voting ended.
Nationwide, there are around 79 million voters eligible to cast their ballots. By 4 p.m. today, 71.39 million out of 76.61 million registered voters had voted, or 93.19%, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
Five provinces reported turnout close to 100%, namely Tuyen Quang (99.86%), Lao Cai (99.81%), Lang Son (99.30%), Dien Bien (99.23%) and Lai Chau (99.20%).
Eighteen provinces and cities recorded turnout above 95%, including Danang, Ha Tinh, Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh. Nine localities reported turnout above 90%, such as Haiphong, Khanh Hoa, Dong Thap and Hanoi.
Early voting in several remote and special administrative areas recorded participation of 37,008 out of 37,057 voters, equivalent to 99.87%.
In the Con Co special administrative zone of Quang Tri Province, all voters completed voting by 11 a.m. on March 15, according to the provincial election committee.
