Burmese general election, 1978

Burmese general election, 1978
Myanmar
1 January 1978 (1978-01-01) - 15 January 1978 (1978-01-15)

All 464 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout 93.3%
  First party
 
Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since 4 July 1962
Seats won 464
Seat change Increase13

President before election

Ne Win
BSPP

President

Ne Win
BSPP

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General elections were held in Burma between 1 and 15 January 1978.[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 464 seats in People's Assembly. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.3%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Burma Socialist Programme Party 464Increase13
Invalid/blank votes
Total14,000,000100464Increase13
Registered voters/turnout15,000,00093.3
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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