Elections were held in Vietnam in areas controlled by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with the nationalist but communist dominated Viet Minh Party, led by Ho Chi Minh, winning 230 of the 300 seats in the National Assembly. The ballot was not secret and ballot papers were filled out in the presence of aides who were "to help comrades who had difficulty in making out their ballots."
It was not a free and fair election, but its interesting that those who will engage in antidemocratic activities still crave the legitimacy of elections.
The election does illustrate the tense situation in Indochina. The 1945-46 War in Southern Vietnam was over, with the French in control, but in areas of North Vietnam the Viet Minh were. They had not yet fully evolved into an unabashed communist party, and there were non communists in it, but that would not last long.
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