Burmese general election, 1978

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	13

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			464	13
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	14,000,000	100	464	13
Registered voters/turnout	15,000,000	93.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p614

Elections and referendums in Myanmar

General elections	1922 1925 1928 1932 1936 1947 1951–52 1956 1960 1974 1978 1981 1985 1990 2010 2015

By-elections	2012

Referendums	1973 2008

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