Country: | Burma |
Flag Year: | 1948 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1947 Burmese general election |
Previous Year: | 1947 |
Next Election: | 1956 Burmese general election |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 126 |
Turnout: | 18.75% |
Election Date: | June 1951 - April 1952 |
Leader1: | U Nu |
Party1: | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
Seats1: | 147 |
Seat Change1: | 26 |
Party2: | |
Colour2: | A91101 |
Seats2: | 19 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister-elect |
Before Election: | U Nu |
Before Party: | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
After Election: | U Nu |
After Party: | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.[1] [2]
The first elections since independence, they saw the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) win 60% of the vote and 199 out of 250 seats. Voter turnout was low at 20%, as only 1.5 million voters out of an eligible 8 million participated.[3] It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma.[1]