| House of Nationalities | |
| Native Name Lang: | my |
| Transcription Name: | Amyotha Hluttaw |
| Coa Pic: | State seal of Myanmar.svg |
| Coa Res: | 200px |
| Preceded By: | People's Assembly (1974–1988) |
| House Type: | Upper house |
| Term Limits: | 5 years; can serve for three consecutive years upon reelection |
| Body: | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
| Leader1: | Vacant |
| Election1: | 31 January 2021 |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Leader2: | Vacant |
| Election2: | 31 January 2021 |
| House1: | Amyotha Hluttaw |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Structure1 Alt: | Distribution of seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
| Last Election1: | 8 November 2020 (annulled) |
| Session Room: | Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw.jpg |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Session Alt: | Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw |
The Amyotha Hluttaw (Burmese: အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, in Burmese pronounced as /ʔəmjóðá l̥ʊʔtɔ̀/; House of Nationalities) is the de jure upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces. The last elections to the Amyotha Hluttaw were held in November 2015.[1] At its second meeting on 3 February 2016, Mahn Win Khaing Than and Aye Thar Aung were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.[2]
After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was dissolved by Acting President Myint Swe, who declared a one-year state of emergency and transferred all legislative powers to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing.[3]
House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw) consists of 224 members: 168 directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces, under a unique constitutional provision that has no parallel in the world. Twelve representatives are elected by each state or region (inclusive of relevant Union territories, and including one representative from each Self-Administered Division or Self-Administered Zone).[4]
| Amyotha Hluttaw by Regions and States, 2015 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/State | NLD | USDP | ANP | SNLD | ZCD | PNO | TNP | MNP | NUP | Independent | Total | |
| Kachin State | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| Kayah State | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| Kayin State | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Chin State | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mon State | 11 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rakhine State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| Shan State | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2[5] | 12 | ||||||
| Sagaing Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tanintharyi Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bago Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Magway Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mandalay Region | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Yangon Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ayeyarwady Region | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Total | 135 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 168 | |
2015 results are as of 20 November 2015. Military appointees are not included in the Amyotha Hluttaw by Regions and States, 2015 table.[6]
| 129 | 57.59 | |||
| 7 | 3.13 | |||
| 5 | 2.23 | |||
| 4 | 1.79 | |||
| 4 | 1.79 | |||
| 4 | 1.79 | |||
| 3 | 1.33 | |||
| 3 | 1.33 | |||
| 2 | 0.89 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| 1 | 0.45 | |||
| bgcolor= | Military appointees | 56 | 25.00 | |
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 224 | 100 |
| Date | Constituency | Old MP | Party | New MP | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Rangoon Division No. 3 | Phone Myint Aung | NDF | Phone Myint Aung | NNDP | Changed party membership[8] | |
| December 2011 | Rangoon Region No. 4 | Myat Nyana Soe | NDF | Myat Nyana Soe | NLD | Changed party membership[9] | |
| 28 January 2012 | Sagaing Division No. 2 | Bogyi aka Aung Ngwe | USDP | – | – | Deceased[10] |
| 1 | 5 | 128 | 123 | |||
| 0 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| bgcolor= | Military appointees | – | – | 56 | 56 | |
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 6 | 224 | 224 |
| Date | Constituency | Old MP | Party | New MP | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2013 | Rangoon Division No. 6 | Tin Shwe | NDF | – | – | Became a Deputy Minister | |
| 2013 | Arakan State No. 4 | Maung Sa Pru | RNDP | – | – | Deceased |