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All 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 126 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 18.75% | |||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country. [1] [2]
The first elections since independence, they saw the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) win 60% of the vote and 199 out of 250 seats. Voter turnout was low at 20%, as only 1.5 million voters out of an eligible 8 million participated. [3] It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma. [1]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | 147 | –26 | |||
AFPFL allies [lower-alpha 1] | 52 | +33 | |||
People's Democratic Front [lower-alpha 2] | 19 | New | |||
Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group | 6 | New | |||
Greater Burma Party | 0 | New | |||
People's Peace Front | 0 | New | |||
Union of Burma League | 0 | New | |||
United Chin Freedom League | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 15 | +13 | |||
Vacant | 11 | – | |||
Total | 250 | +40 | |||
Total votes | 1,500,000 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,000,000 | 18.75 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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