1956 Burmese general election
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202 of the 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 126 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in
The AFPFL, a former wartime resistance organisation, won the elections with a reduced majority.[2] After the election, U Nu, leader of the AFPFL, temporarily retired to reform the party and its policies.[3]
The second part of the election to elect members to the Chamber of Nationalities took place on 22 May after the election commission stated that "rebel intimidation and the lack of security prevented the people from exercising freedom of choice".[1] Voter turnout was 47.8%.[4]
Campaign
The AFPFL,
Conduct
After identifying themselves and voting, voters would dip their forefinger in green indelible ink. Opposition parties complained of minor irregularities regarding election lists.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | 1,844,614 | 47.76 | 147 | –52 | |
| National United Front | 1,170,073 | 30.30 | 48 | +29 | |
| United Hill People's Congress | 163,283 | 4.23 | 14 | – | |
| Burma Democratic Party | 113,091 | 2.93 | 0 | – | |
| Burma Nationalist Party | 77,364 | 2.00 | 1 | New | |
| People's Educational and Cultural Development Organisation | 49,203 | 1.27 | 4 | New | |
| All-Shan State Organisation | 41,940 | 1.09 | 4 | New | |
| Arakanese National Unity Organisation | 38,939 | 1.01 | 5 | New | |
| Shan State Peasants' Organisation | 31,112 | 0.81 | 2 | New | |
| Kachin National Congress | 30,837 | 0.80 | 2 | –5 | |
| United National Pa-O Organisation | 22,185 | 0.57 | 1 | –2 | |
| Other parties | 40,405 | 1.05 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 239,166 | 6.19 | 13 | –2 | |
| Vacant | 9 | – | |||
| Total | 3,862,212 | 100.00 | 250 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 4,100,000 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,570,308 | 47.84 | |||
| Source: Silverstein, Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- ^ JSTOR 3024383.
- JSTOR 3024046.
- ISBN 978-0-521-66372-4.
- ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ISBN 978-0-8047-4227-6.
- ^ "Election in Burma". The New York Times. 28 April 1956. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Associated Press (30 April 1956). "U Nu wins Burma vote". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
