Burmese general election, 1981

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Burmese general election, 1981
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  1978 4 October 1981 (1981-10-04) - 18 October 1981 (1981-10-18) 1985  

All 475 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout 94.6%

  First party
  President Ne Win Portrait.JPG
Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since 4 July 1962
Seats won 475
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12

President before election

Ne Win
BSPP

President

San Yu
BSPP

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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. Voter turnout was reported to be 94.6%. [1]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Burma Socialist Programme Party 100475Increase2.svg12
Invalid/blank votes
Total15,800,000100475Increase2.svg12
Registered voters/turnout16,740,00094.6
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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