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House of Representatives ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော် Pyithu Hluttaw | |
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Elections | |
Last Pyithu Hluttaw election | 8 November 2020 (annulled) |
Meeting place | |
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw | |
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The Pyithu Hluttaw (
Myanmar Armed Forces
, under a constitutional provision that has no parallel in the world.
After the 2010 general election,
Win Myint and T Khun Myat were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw.[3]
As of 8 November 2015, 90% of the members are men (389 members) and 10% are women (44 members).[4]
After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was dissolved by Acting President Myint Swe, who declared a one-year state of emergency and transferred all legislative powers to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing.[5]
Composition
2016–2021
House of Representatives elections, 2015 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
NLD | 255 | 218 | 57.95 | ||||||
USDP | 30 | 182 | 6.82 | ||||||
ANP | 12 | 4 | 2.73 | ||||||
SNLD | 12 | 12 | 2.73 | ||||||
PNO | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
TNP | 3 | 1 | 0.68 | ||||||
LNDP | 2 | 2 | 0.45 | ||||||
ZCD | 2 | 2 | 0.45 | ||||||
KSDP | 1 | 0.23 | |||||||
KDUP | 1 | 0.23 | |||||||
WDP | 1 | 1 | 0.23 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0.23 | ||||||
Cancelled due to insurgency[6] | 7 | 1.59 | |||||||
Military appointees | 110 | 25.00 | – | – | 0 | ||||
Total | 440 | 100 | 100 |
Results are as of 20 November 2015.[7][8]
2011–2016
[9]Pyithu Hluttaw elections, 2010 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
USDP | 259 | 58.86 | 56.76 | 11,858,125 | |||||
SNDP | 18 | 4.09 | 2.44 | 508,780 | |||||
NUP | 12 | 2.73 | 19.44 | 4,060,802 | |||||
RNDP | 9 | 2.05 | 2.87 | 599,008 | |||||
NDF | 8 | 1.82 | 7.10 | 1,483,329 | |||||
AMRDP | 3 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 167,928 | |||||
PNO | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
CNP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 36,098 | |||||
CPP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 76,463 | |||||
PSDP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 82,038 | |||||
WDP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 27,546 | |||||
Others | 10 | 2.29 | 9.54 | 1,992,590 | |||||
Military appointees | 110 | 110 | 25.00 | – | – | ||||
Total | 440 | 100 | 100 | 20,892,707 |
- The 3 Pa-O National Organisation candidates ran unopposed.
Pyithu Hluttaw by-election, 2012 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
USDP | 212 | 47 | 48.18 | ||||||
NLD | 37 | 37 | 8.41 | ||||||
SNDP | 18 | 4.09 | |||||||
NUP
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12 | 2.73 | |||||||
RNDP | 9 | 2.05 | |||||||
NDF | 8 | 1.82 | |||||||
AMRDP | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
PNO | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
CNP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
CPP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
PSDP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
WDP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
Others | 10 | 2.28 | |||||||
Military appointees | 110 | 25.00 | – | – | |||||
Vacant | 10 | 10 | 2.28 | ||||||
Total | 440 | 100 | 100 |
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Voting seats by region and state
Party | Region | State | Territory | Total seats by party | ||||||||||||
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Ayeyarwady | Bago | Magway | Mandalay | Sagaing | Tanintharyi | Yangon | Chin | Kachin | Kayah | Kayin | Mon | Rakhine | Shan1 | Naypyidaw | ||
Union Solidarity and Development Party | 20 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 221 |
National League for Democracy | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 37 |
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | 18 |
National Unity Party
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1 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 12 |
National Democratic Force | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
Rakhine Nationalities Development Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | 9 |
All Mon Region Democracy Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
Pa-O National Organisation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
Chin National Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Chin Progressive Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Wa Democratic Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Kayin People's Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Inn National Development Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Taaung (Palaung) National Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Other Parties and Independents | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Total seats | 26 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 45 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 325 |
Notes:
- ^ In Shan state voting the five seats is cancelled
Pyithu Hluttaw seats elected by Regions and States (November 2015) | |||||||||||||
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Region/State | NLD | USDP | ANP | SNLD | TNP | PNO | ZCD | KSDP | KDUP | LNDP | WDP | Independent | Total |
Kachin State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
Kayah State | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
Kayin State | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
Chin State | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
Mon State | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
Rakhine State | 4 | 1 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||
Shan State | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | ||||
Sagaing Region | 36 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
Tanintharyi Region | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
Bago Region | 27 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
Magway Region | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||
Mandalay Region | 27 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
Yangon Region | 44 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
Ayeyarwady Region | 25 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
Naypyidaw Territory | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
Total | 255 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 323 |
Note: Result as of 20 Nov 2015. Elections in seven townships of Shan State were cancelled due to armed conflicts. Military appointed were not included in this table.[10][11]
See also
- Politics of Burma
- List of legislatures by country
- Assembly of the Union
- State and Region Hluttaws
References
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