1978 Burmese general election

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1978 Burmese general election
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  1974 1–15 January 1978 1981  

All 464 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout93.3%
 First party
  General Ne Win meets Baganset U Thaw (cropped).jpg
Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since4 July 1962
Seats won464
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13

President before election

Ne Win
BSPP

President

Ne Win
BSPP

General elections were held in Burma between 1 and 15 January 1978. [1] The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Burma Socialist Programme Party as the sole legal party. [2] It therefore won all 464 seats in People's Assembly. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.3%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Burma Socialist Programme Party 464+13
Total464+13
Total votes14,000,000
Registered voters/turnout15,000,00093.33
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p614