1990 Myanmar general election

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The 1990 Myanmar general election was a landmark multiparty vote in Burma in which the opposition National League for Democracy won a landslide victory that the ruling military junta ultimately refused to recognize.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
multiparty election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1990 Burmese general election ⓘ
campaignRestrictions Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest during part of campaign ⓘ
consequence continued military rule despite opposition victory ⓘ
increased international criticism of Myanmar junta ⓘ
non-transfer of power to elected representatives ⓘ
context transition from one-party socialist system ⓘ
country Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
followedBy 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
forBody People's Assembly ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
freeAndFairAssessment widely regarded as relatively free and fair ⓘ
heldIn Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
internationalObservation no formal large-scale international monitoring ⓘ
legalBasis 1989 Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law ⓘ
location Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
mainWinner National League for Democracy ⓘ
majorOppositionPartyLeader Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
NLDSeatsWon 392 ⓘ
NLDVoteShare about 59% ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 492 ⓘ
NUPSeatsWon 10 ⓘ
NUPVoteShare about 21% ⓘ
oppositionLeader Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
organizedBy State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
otherPartiesSeatsWon 90 ⓘ
precededBy 1960 Burmese general election ⓘ
relatedPoliticalEntity Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
National League for Democracy ⓘ
National Unity Party ⓘ
State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
resultRecognizedByJunta no ⓘ
rulingAfterElection State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
rulingBeforeElection State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
seatsForElection 492 ⓘ
secondParty National Unity Party ⓘ
significance first multiparty election in Myanmar since 1960 ⓘ
landmark multiparty election in Burma ⓘ
startDate 1990-05-27 ⓘ
supervisingAuthority State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring military rule in Myanmar ⓘ
voterTurnout 72.6% ⓘ
winningParty National League for Democracy ⓘ
year 1990 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National League for Democracy → participatedIn → 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ
National League for Democracy → wonMajorityIn → 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ
SLORC → heldElection → 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ
2010 Myanmar general election → precededBy → 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ
1990 Myanmar general election → alsoKnownAs → 1990 Burmese general election ⓘ
linked to: 1990 Myanmar general election
Win Myint → participatedIn → 1990 Myanmar general election ⓘ