Burmese general election, 1974

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Burmese general election, 1974
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All 451 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout 94.6%

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Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since 4 July 1962
Seats won 451
Chairman before election

Ne Win
BSPP/Military

 President

Ne Win
BSPP

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General elections were held in Burma between 27 January and 10 February 1974. [1] They were the first under the new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year. This had made the country a one-party state with the Burma Socialist Programme Party as the sole legal party. [2] It therefore won all 451 seats in the People's Assembly. Voter turnout was reported to be 94.6%. [1]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Burma Socialist Programme Party 100451
Invalid/blank votes––
Total10,608,267100451
Registered voters/turnout11,212,19794.6–
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
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