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Burmese general election, 2010

Myanmar general election, 2010
Myanmar
← 1990 7 November 2010 2015 →

330 (of the 440) seats to the House of Representatives
221 seats needed for a majority 168 (of the 224) seats to the House of Nationalities

113 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  TheinSeinASEAN.jpg SNDP NUP
Leader Thein Sein Sai Ai Pao Tun Yi
Party USDP SNDP NUP
Leader's seat Zabuthiri (Pyithu) Did not stand Did not stand
Seats won 259 R / 129 N 18 R / 3 N 12 R / 5 N

  Fourth party Fifth party
  RNDP NDF
Leader Aye Maung Khin Maung Swe
Party RNDP NDF
Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand
Seats won 9 R / 7 N 8 R / 4 N

Prime Minister before election

Thein Sein
USDP

President-designate

Thein Sein
USDP


Thein Sein
USDP

Thein Sein
USDP

A general election was held in Myanmar on 7 November 2010, in accordance with the new constitution which was approved in a referendum held in May 2008. The date of the election, 7 November, was announced by the SPDC on 13 August.

The general election forms the fifth step of the seven-step "roadmap to democracy" proposed by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in 2003, the sixth and seventh steps being the convening of elected representatives and the building of a modern, democratic nation, respectively. However, the National League for Democracy boycotted the election. The result was a sweeping victory for the Union Solidarity and Development Party, which won nearly 80% of seats contested across the upper and lower house. The United Nations expressed concern about the fairness of the election and Western countries have dismissed them as fraudulent.

Due to the strict separation of powers in the constitution, members elected to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw are automatically disqualified from their seats if they accept appointment to an executive or judicial body. As a result of this, many members elected in this election were quickly disqualified from their seats after accepting appointment to bodies such as the Cabinet of Myanmar. By-elections to fill 48 vacancies left by such appointments as well as by resignations and deaths were held 17 months later in April 2012.


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