1978 Burmese general election
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| Turnout | 93.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Burma Socialist Programme Party | 464 | +13 | |||
| Total | 464 | +13 | |||
| Total votes | 14,000,000 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,000,000 | 93.33 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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