Democratic Voice of Burma

• Election news

  • Reports

    The latest news, analysis and video on the Burmese election

  • Incidents

    Mapped data of violence, arrests, coercion, corruption, illegal activity and protest

• The election

  • People's parliament (440 seats - 110 reserved for military)

    People's Parliament will act as the house of representatives and form one half of the Union Parliament

  • Nationalities Parliament (224 seats - 56 reserved for military)

    Nationalities Parliament will form the other half of the Union Parliament

  • Regions and State Parliament (665 seats - 29 ethnic representatives - One quarter reserved for military)

    Regions or State Parliament will include ethnic representatives, and occupy the upper house

  • Ethnic national representative (29 seats)

    Ethnic national representatives will form a proportion of the Regions and State Parliament

• The parties

  • 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar) (GSY)

  • All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMRDP)

  • Army (Defence Services Personnel) Representatives (AR)

  • Chin National Party (CNP)

  • Chin Progressive Party (CPP)

  • Democracy and Peace Party (DPP)

  • Democratic Party (Myanmar) (DPM)

  • Ethnic National Development Party (ENDP)

  • Independent (IND)

  • Inn National Development Party (INDP)

    Dissolved

  • Kaman National Progressive Party (KNPP)

  • Kayan National Party (KNP)

  • Kayin Peoples Party (KPP)

  • Kayin State Democracy and Development Party (KSDD)

  • Khami National Development Party (KNDP)

  • Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP)

  • Lahu National Development Party (LNDP)

  • Modern People's Party (MPP)

  • Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organisation (MKN)

  • National Democratic Force (NDF)

  • National Democratic Party for Development (NDPD)

  • National Development and Peace Party (NDPP)

  • National Political Alliances League (NPAL)

  • National Unity Party (NUP)

  • Pa O National Organisation (PNO)

  • Peace and Diversity Party (PDP)

  • Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (PSDP)

  • Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP)

  • Rakhine State National Force of Myanmar Party (RSNFMP)

  • Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP)

  • Taaung (Palaung) National Party (TPNP)

  • Union Democracy Party (UNDP)

  • Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics (UMFNP)

  • Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)

  • United Democratic Party (UDP)

  • Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State (UDPKS)

  • Wa Democratic Party (WDP)

  • Wa National Unity Party (WNUP)

  • Wunthanu National League for Democracy (Union of Myanmar) (WNLD)

• The context

  • Overview

    How these elections will work

  • Parliament

    Functions of the three parliaments

  • Election Law

    Rules governing the 2010 polls

  • Boycott

    Why several parties won't run

  • Constitution

    The bedrock of 2010 elections

  • 1990 elections

    What happened 20 years ago

  • Election Commission

    Who is calling the shots?

  • Q&A

    What you need to know

• The results

  • All results

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