1990 Myanmar general election

1990 Myanmar general election

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All 492 seats in the Constitutional Committee
247 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  NUP SNLD
Leader Aung San Suu Kyi U Tha Gyaw Khun Htun Oo
Party NLD NUP SNLD
Seats won 392 10 23
Popular vote 7,943,622 2,805,559 222,821
Percentage 59.9% 21.2% 1.7%

General elections were held in Myanmar on 27 May 1990, the first multi-party elections since 1960, after which the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship. The elections were for a constitutional committee to draft a new constitution.[1][2]

The result was a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 392 of the 492 seats. However, the military junta refused to recognise the results and continued ruling the country until 2011. Voter turnout was 73%.[3]

  1. ^ Aung-Thwin, Michael; Aung-Thwin, Maitrii (2012). A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times: Traditions and Transformations. London: Reaktion Books. pp. 266–267. ISBN 9781861899392.
  2. ^ Steinberg, David (2010). Burma/Myanmar - What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978-0-19-539067-4.
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p611 ISBN 0-19-924958-X