1981 Burmese general election

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1981 Burmese general election
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All 475 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout94.6%
 First party
  General Ne Win meets Baganset U Thaw (cropped).jpg
Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since4 July 1962
Seats won475
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12
President before election

Ne Win
BSPP

President

San Yu
BSPP

General elections were held in Burma between 4 and 18 October 1981. [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 475 seats in People's Assembly.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Burma Socialist Programme Party 475+12
Total475+12
Total votes15,800,000–
Registered voters/turnout16,740,00094.38
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ 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
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