2012 Myanmar by-elections

2012 Myanmar by-election

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40 (of the 440) seats to the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives)
6 (of the 224) seats to the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities)
2 seats to Regional Parliaments
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Thein Sein Aung San Suu Kyi Sai Ai Pao
Party USDP NLD SNDP
Leader since 2 June 2010 (2010-06-02) 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Leader's seat Did not contest Kawhmu (Pyithu) Did not contest
Seats before 260 R / 128 N 0 R / 1 N 18 R / 3 N
Seats after 220 R / 123 N 37 R / 5 N 18 R / 4 N
Seat change Decrease40 R / Decrease5 N Increase37 R / Increase4 N Steady R / Increase1 N

Results of the election in the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw in the 2010 General Election and by-elections up to December 2014.
A woman places her ballot into the Pyithu Hluttaw representative election box in the April by-elections.

The 2012 Myanmar by-elections were held on 1 April 2012.[1] The elections were held to fill 48 vacant parliamentary seats.[2][3] Three of those remained vacant as polling in three Kachin constituencies was postponed.[4] There was no plan to fill the additional five seats cancelled in the 2010 election and one seat vacated after the death of a RNDP member.[5]

The main opposition party National League for Democracy was re-registered for the by-elections on 13 December 2011 as part of the reforms in Burma since 2010. It won in 43 of the 44 seats they contested (out of 45 available).[6] Its leader Aung San Suu Kyi ran for the seat of Kawhmu,[7] and won.

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  2. ^ Callan, Aela (29 March 2012). "High stakes in Myanmar election". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ Hla Hla Htay (30 December 2011). "Myanmar sets by-election date". AFP. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012. Alt URL Archived 24 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference postponed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "People's Assembly – Overview – Parliament Watch". ALTSEAN Burma. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. ^ Kocha Olarn (4 April 2012). "Myanmar confirms sweeping election victory for Suu Kyi's party". CNN. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi registers for Burma election run". BBC News. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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