title: Lao National Union Party
text: # Lao National Union Party
  
  The Lao National Union Party (Lao: ລາວລວມສຳພັນ, romanized: Lao Ruam Samphanh) was a Buddhist Socialist political party in Laos.
  
  ## History
  
  The party was established by Bong Souvannavong on 22 September 1947. It won two of the 39 seats in the 1951 elections and retained both in the 1955 elections. It failed to win a seat in the 1958 supplementary elections and lost parliamentary representation following the 1960 elections.
  
  