1956 Burmese general election

none Burma 1948 parliamentary Burmese general election, 1951–52 1951–52 1960 Burmese general election 1960 202 of the 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 126 47.8% 27 April 1956 U Nu 1955 at Bandung Conference.PNG U Nu Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League 147 52 1,844,614 47.76% 150x100px National United Front 48 29 1,170,073 30.3 Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect U Nu Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League Ba Swe Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League General elections were held in Burma on 27 April 1956 to elect the 250 members of the Burmese Chamber of Deputies. However, voting did not take place for 48 seats in which the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) candidates ran unopposed.Silverstein Josef 1956 Politics, Parties and National Elections in Burma Far Eastern Survey Institute of Pacific Relations 25 12 177–184 3024383 10.2307/3024383 The AFPFL, a former wartime resistance organisation, won the elections with a reduced majority.Bigelow Lee S 1960 Far Eastern Survey Institute of Pacific Relations 29 5 70–74 The 1960 Elections in Burma 3024046 10.2307/3024046 After the election, U Nu, leader of the AFPFL, temporarily retired to reform the party and its policies.Tarling Nicholas The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: From World War II to the Present, Volume 2, Part 2 Cambridge University Press 2000 280 978-0-521-66372-4 The second part of the election to elect members to the Chamber of Nationalities took place on 22 May after the election commission stated that "rebel intimidation and the lack of security prevented the people from exercising freedom of choice". Voter turnout was 48%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 0-19-924958-X Campaign The AFPFL, National United Front (NUF) and smaller parties participated in the election. The NUF was successful in gaining media attention and organising trade union and peasant organisations.Alagappa Muthiah Coercion and governance: the declining political role of the military in Asia Stanford University Press 2001 415 978-0-8047-4227-6 However, the AFPFL was concerned at alleged funding by foreign embassies of the NUF. A number of smaller parties represented different ethnic groups and were more local than national. Meanwhile, U Nu of the AFPFL advocated his long held policy of neutrality.https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/28/archives/election-in-burma.html Election in Burma 28 April 1956 The New York Times 23 July 2018 23 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180723214539/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/28/archives/election-in-burma.html live Conduct After identifying themselves and voting, voters would dip their forefinger in green indelible ink. Opposition parties complained of minor irregularities regarding election lists. Due to the security situation, the army was told to ensure free and fair elections but not to intimidate voters. Students in the capital Rangoon had threatened to cause disorder after one of their leaders was killed by police, however this did not materialise.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S6wnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg= U Nu wins Burma vote Associated Press 30 April 1956 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Results Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League 1844614 147 –52 National United Front 1170073 48 +29 United Hill People's Congress 163283 14 – Burma Democratic Party 113091 0 – Burma Nationalist Party 77364 1 New People's Educational and Cultural Development Organisation 49203 4 New All-Shan State Organisation 41940 4 New Arakanese National Unity Organisation 38939 5 New Shan State Peasants' Organisation 31112 2 New Kachin National Congress 30837 2 –5 United National Pa-O Organisation 22185 1 –2 Other parties 40405 0 – Independents 239166 13 –2 Vacant 9 – 0 4100000 8570308 Silverstein, Nohlen et al. References Category:General elections in Myanmar Category:1956 in Burma Burma Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results