2010 Myanmar general election

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The 2010 Myanmar general election was a widely criticized and tightly controlled national vote that marked the military junta’s managed transition from direct rule to a quasi-civilian government.

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2010 Myanmar general election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2010 Burmese general election ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Than Shwe ⓘ
Thein Sein ⓘ
boycottedBy Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
National League for Democracy ⓘ
characterizedAs managed transition ⓘ
tightly controlled ⓘ
widely criticized ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
criticizedBy European Union ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
criticizedFor advance voting irregularities ⓘ
lack of transparency ⓘ
restrictions on opposition ⓘ
unfair electoral laws ⓘ
enabledGovernment Thein Sein administration ⓘ
followedBy 2015 Myanmar general election ⓘ
heldOn 2010-11-07 ⓘ
internationalObservers largely absent ⓘ
legalFramework 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
legislatureElected Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
Region and State Hluttaws ⓘ
lowerHouseSeats 330 elected seats ⓘ
mainOppositionParty National Democratic Force ⓘ
mainWinningParty Union Solidarity and Development Party ⓘ
mediaEnvironment heavily censored ⓘ
organizedBy State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
partOf Myanmar political reforms ⓘ
precededBy 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ
relatedDocument Political Parties Registration Law (Myanmar) ⓘ
reservedSeatsForMilitary 25 percent of parliamentary seats ⓘ
restrictedParticipationOf Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ
resultedIn government led by Union Solidarity and Development Party ⓘ
quasi-civilian government ⓘ
seatsContestedApprox 1158 ⓘ
supervisedBy Union Election Commission of Myanmar ⓘ
tookPlaceUnderRegime military junta ⓘ
transitionedFrom direct military rule ⓘ
transitionedTo quasi-civilian administration ⓘ
typeOfTransition military-managed democratization ⓘ
upperHouseSeats 168 elected seats ⓘ
voterTurnoutApprox 77 percent ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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State Peace and Development Council → organized → 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
2012 Myanmar by-elections → precededBy → 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
Thein Sein administration → cameToPowerBy → 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ