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"description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 5203, "name_short": "LPRP", "name": "Lao People's Revolutionary Party", "name_english": "Lao People's Revolutionary Party", "name_other": "Laotian: ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ", "year_first": 1955, "year_last": "", "share": 100, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_People%27s_Revolutionary_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5833, "name_short": "NPP", "name": "Phak Xat Kao Na", "name_english": "National Progressive Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1950, "year_last": 1958, "share": 38.4, "share_year": 1951, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Progressive_Party_(Laos)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6968, "name_short": "PS", "name": "Phak Seri", "name_english": "Independent Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1945, "year_last": 1958, "share": 25.6, "share_year": 1951, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Party_(Laos)", "description": "10 of 39 seats in 1951 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6963, "name_short": "SB/LDA", "name": "Southern Bloc / Lao Development Association", "name_english": "Southern Bloc / Lao Development Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1965, "year_last": 1972, "share": 25.4, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Development_Association", "description": "15 of 59 seats in 1965 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6964, "name_short": "LNP", "name": "Lao Pen Kang", "name_english": "Lao Neutralist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": 1970, "share": 23.7, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Neutralist_Party", "description": "14 of 59 seats in 1965 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6965, "name_short": "YM", "name": "Youth Movement / Youth Party / Young People's Party", "name_english": "Youth Movement / Youth Party / Young People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1965, "year_last": 1970, "share": 20.3, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Movement_(Laos)", "description": "12 of 59 seats in 1965 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6967, "name_short": "SPKP", "name": "Santiphab Pen Kang Party", "name_english": "Peace and Neutrality Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": 1960, "share": 19, "share_year": 1958, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_Neutrality_Party", "description": "4 of 21 seats in the 1958 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6966, "name_short": "VG/AND", "name": "Vientiane Group / Association of Northern Deputies", "name_english": "Vientiane Group / Association of Northern Deputies", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1965, "year_last": 1970, "share": 15.3, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Northern_Deputies", "description": "9 of 59 seats in 1965 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6969, "name_short": "DP", "name": "Democratic Party", "name_english": "Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1948, "year_last": 1958, "share": 10.3, "share_year": 1951, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Laos)", "description": "4 of 39 seats in 1951 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6970, "name_short": "LRS", "name": "Lao Ruam Samphanh", "name_english": "Lao National Union Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1947, "year_last": 1960, "share": 5.1, "share_year": 1955, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_National_Union_Party", "description": "2 of 39 seats in 1955 Laotian parliamentary election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6038, "name_short": "CDNI", "name": "Comité pour la défense des intérêts nationaux", "name_english": "Committee for the Defence of National Interests", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1958, "year_last": 1960, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Defence_of_National_Interests", "description": "leader support 1959 Nosavan Phoumi (CDNI) – see CHISOLS", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6037, "name_short": "LRP", "name": "Lao Ruam Lao", "name_english": "Lao People's Rally", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1958, "year_last": 1960, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_People%27s_Rally", "description": "leader support 1958 Sananikone (RLP) – see CHISOLS", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Laos — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Laos from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 12 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Laos — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Laos — Political Parties dataset with 12 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 12 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }