지난달에 실시된 라오스 총 선거에서 공산당이 압도적으로 승리한 가운데, 공산당 소속 당선자들의 60퍼센트 이상이 초선의원들이라고, 라오스 정부 관리들이 밝혔습니다.
라오스 관영통신은 10일, 지난 4월말에 실시된 선거의 당선자들 가운데, 초선의원은 71명, 재선의원은 44명이라고 발표했습니다. 이가운데 여성의원은 29명으로, 이전의 25명에서 네 명이 늘어났습니다.
공산당은 총 115개 의석 가운데 113개 의석을 차지했으며, 나머지 두 석은 무소속 후보에게 돌아갔습니다. 공산당은 베트남 전쟁이 끝난 당시부터 라오스의 정권을 장악해왔습니다.
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Officials in Laos say Communist Party newcomers won 60 percent of the seats in the National Assembly in last month's elections.
Lao state media announced today (Wednesday) that 71 new members were selected in national elections held in late April, and that 44 incumbents were re-elected.
Twenty-nine of the delegates are women -- up from 25 in the previous legislature.
All but two of the 115 seats were won by the Communist Party, which has governed since it came to power at the end of the Vietnam War era. Two independent candidates were elected.
Officials say the new assembly will convene early next month to choose a successor to retiring Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachith.
April's elections followed the Communist Party congress, in which President Khamtai Siphandone stepped down in favor of his deputy, Choummaly Sayasone.
Historically, Laos's Communist Party leader has been chosen as president.