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1974 Burmese general election

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1974 Burmese general election

← 1960 27 January 1974 (1974-01-27) - 10 February 1974 (1974-02-10) 1978 →

All 451 seats in the People's Assembly
Turnout94.6%
  First party
  File:President Ne Win Portrait.JPG
Leader Ne Win
Party BSPP
Leader since 4 July 1962
Seats won 451

Chairman before election

Ne Win
BSPP/Military

President

Ne Win
BSPP

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]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Burma Socialist Programme Party 100 451
Invalid/blank votes
Total 10,608,267 100 451
Registered voters/turnout 11,212,197 94.6
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ a b 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