2012 Myanmar by-elections

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The 2012 Myanmar by-elections were a landmark set of parliamentary polls that marked a significant step in the country’s political liberalization, notably allowing opposition parties to gain seats in the legislature.

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2012 Myanmar by-elections canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf by-election ⓘ
election in Myanmar ⓘ
abbreviationOfMainOppositionParty NLD ⓘ
allowedOppositionParticipation yes ⓘ
boycottStatusOfNLDIn2010 boycotted 2010 general election ⓘ
category 2012 elections in Asia ⓘ
By-elections ⓘ
Elections in Myanmar ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
followedBy 2015 Myanmar general election ⓘ
governmentInPower Thein Sein administration ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTime Thein Sein ⓘ
impactOnSanctions contributed to easing of Western sanctions ⓘ
internationalObserversPresent yes ⓘ
leaderOfMainOppositionParty Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
legalChangeBeforeElection electoral laws amended to allow NLD participation ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
Region and State Hluttaws ⓘ
levelOfElection national ⓘ
subnational ⓘ
location Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
mainOppositionParty National League for Democracy ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international coverage ⓘ
monitoredBy Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
organizedBy Union Election Commission of Myanmar ⓘ
partOf democratic reforms in Myanmar ⓘ
politicalSignificance allowed opposition parties to enter parliament ⓘ
increased legitimacy of reform process ⓘ
major step in political liberalization ⓘ
precededBy 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
reactionOfInternationalCommunity largely positive ⓘ
resultForNLD landslide victory ⓘ
seatsContested 45 ⓘ
seatsContestedIn Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
Region and State Hluttaws ⓘ
seatShareOfNLD majority of contested seats ⓘ
seatsWonByNLD 43 ⓘ
seatWonByAungSanSuuKyi Kawhmu Township constituency ⓘ
startDate 2012-04-01 ⓘ
tookPlaceOn 2012-04-01 ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary election ⓘ
votingSystemUsed first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 2012 ⓘ

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National League for Democracy → participatedIn → 2012 Myanmar by-elections ⓘ