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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2015

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President THEIN SEIN
  • Head of Government: President THEIN SEIN
  • Assembly: Myanmar has a bicameral People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) consisting of the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw) with 224 seats and the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw) with 440 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is indirectly elected by parliament.
  • In the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw), 168 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies and 56 members are reserved by the military. In the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw), 330 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 110 members are appointed by the military to serve 4-year terms.**

** Elections as a whole are deemed valid only if 51% of the voters on the electoral roll turn out at the polls.

Population:

  • Population: 54,584,650 (July 2012 )

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - 2015

Past elections

Last Updated on 03/23/2012

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