1951–52 Burmese general election
June 1951 – April 1952
All 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout18.75%
  First party Second party
 
Leader U Nu
Party AFPFL PDF
Seats won 147 19
Seat change Decrease 26 New
Prime Minister before election

U Nu
AFPFL

 Prime Minister-elect

U Nu
AFPFL

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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League147–26
AFPFL allies[lower-alpha 1]52+33
People's Democratic Front[lower-alpha 2]19New
Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group6New
Greater Burma Party0New
People's Peace Front0New
Union of Burma League0New
United Chin Freedom League0New
Independents15+13
Vacant11–
Total250+40
Total votes1,500,000–
Registered voters/turnout8,000,00018.75
Source: Nohlen et al.
  1. ↑ Included the Burma Socialist Party, the All-Burma Peasants Organisation, the Burma Muslim Congress, the Kachin National Congress (7 seats), the Union Karen League (13), the Chin Hills Congress, the United Hill People's Congress, the All-Burma Women's Freedom League, the All-Burma Federation of Trade Organisations and the Arakanese Muslim Association (3).[4][5]
  2. ↑ Alliance of the Burma Workers and Peasants Party (12 seats), the Patriotic Alliance and the Burma Democratic Party.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Robert H. (1996). The Politics of elections in Southeast Asia. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-521-56443-4.
  2. ↑ Hoffmann, Mark S (1954). World almanac and book of facts, Volume 69. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 338.
  3. ↑ Rotberg, Robert I (1998). Burma: prospects for a democratic future. Brookings Institution Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8157-7581-2.
  4. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  5. 1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp106–154
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