- Elections in Burma
Elections in Burma are a rarity. Burma's government is a military dictatorship, known as the
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), which is essentially made up of military heads. Opposition parties are banned, but exist illegally.After
Ne Win 's repressive regime underone party rule , theBurma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), collapsed in August 1988 after the8888 Uprising , and the military staged anothercoup d'etat the following September, they stated that they were going to hold "free and fair" elections in 1990. The first (and only) elections to the People's Assembly ("Pyithu Hluttaw") under the new military regime, renamed theState Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), were held on27 May 1990 . The major opposition party, theNational League for Democracy , won a landslide victory with a majority of 392 out of the 492 seats; thus, under a parliamentary system, the NLD would form a new government. However, the SLORC refused to acknowledge the results, and as a result the People's Assembly never convened.Latest election
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Electoral calendar
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*U Ba Htay External links
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/burma/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
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