If the 1956 elections had been held in Vietnam as scheduled, they would have almost certainly resulted in a victory for Ngo Dinh Diem's anticommunists.

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The 1956 elections, had they been held as scheduled in Vietnam, were widely expected to result in a victory for Ho Chi Minh and the communists, not Ngo Dinh Diem's anticommunists, due to Ho Chi Minh's widespread popularity in both North and South Vietnam at the time.

If the 1956 Elections Had Been Held in Vietnam as Scheduled