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1951–52 Burmese general election


FieldValue
countryBurma
flag_year1948
typeparliamentary
previous_election1947 Burmese general election
previous_year1947
next_election1956 Burmese general election
next_year1956
seats_for_electionAll 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
majority_seats126
turnout18.75%
election_dateJune 1951 – April 1952
image1File:U Nu 1955 at Bandung Conference.PNG
leader1U Nu
party1Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
seats1147
seat_change126
image2[[File:No image.svg150x100px]]
party2PDF
colour2A91101
seats219
seat_change2*New*
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister-elect
before_electionU Nu
before_partyAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League
after_electionU Nu
after_partyAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League

General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.

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. It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma.

Results

References

References

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