1951–52 Burmese general election

none Burma 1948 parliamentary 1947 Burmese general election 1947 1956 Burmese general election 1956 All 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 126 18.75% June 1951 – April 1952 File:U Nu 1955 at Bandung Conference.PNG U Nu Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League 147 26 150x100px PDF A91101 19 New Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect U Nu Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League U Nu Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.Taylor Robert H. The Politics of elections in Southeast Asia Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK 1996 173 978-0-521-56443-4Hoffmann Mark S World almanac and book of facts, Volume 69 Newspaper Enterprise Association 1954 338 The first elections since independence, they saw the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) win 60% of the vote and 199 out of 250 seats. Voter turnout was low at 20%, as only 1.5 million voters out of an eligible 8 million participated.Rotberg Robert I Burma: prospects for a democratic future Brookings Institution Press 1998 43 978-0-8157-7581-2 It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma. Results Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League 147 –26 AFPFL alliesIncluded the Burma Socialist Party, the All-Burma Peasants Organisation, the Burma Muslim Congress, the Kachin National Congress (7 seats), the Union Karen League (13), the Chin Hills Congress, the United Hill People's Congress, the All-Burma Women's Freedom League, the All-Burma Federation of Trade Organisations and the Arakanese Muslim Association (3).Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 0-19-924958-XHaruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp106–154 52 +33 People's Democratic FrontAlliance of the Burma Workers and Peasants Party (12 seats), the Patriotic Alliance and the Burma Democratic Party. 19 New #A91101 Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group 6 New Greater Burma Party 0 New People's Peace Front 0 New Union of Burma League 0 New United Chin Freedom League 0 New Independents 15 +13 Vacant 11 – +40 1500000 8000000 Nohlen et al. References Category:General elections in Myanmar General General Burma Burma Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results