Numbers and Figures on pre and post 2010 Election, number of political parties and members of parliament

From Tracking Burmese Junta

Myanmar OKs setting up of new political party English.news.cn 2011-08-27 10:40:32 FeedbackPrintRSS

YANGON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A new political party, Democratic Alliance Party (DAP), has been granted for establishment in Myanmar, according to the Union Election Commission Saturday.

The establishment of the 17-member political party, inclusive of Dr. Soe Lin, has brought the number of political parties set up in the country in the post-election period to three, adding up to a total of 40 since last year's general election.

In the multi-party general election held across Myanmar's seven regions and seven ethnic states on Nov. 7 last year, 37 political parties including 82 independents took part and 1,154 candidates out of over 3,000 in the contest were elected as parliamentary representatives at three levels.

Besides the 1,154 elected parliamentary representatives, 388 or 25 percent were directly nominated by the military, bringing the total of the parliamentary representatives to 1,542.

The 659 union parliament representatives (house of representatives and house of nationalities) were made up of 493 elected ones and 166 or 25 percent directly nominated military ones.

Of the 493 elected parliamentary house of representatives and house of nationalities, 388 came from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by then Prime Minister U Thein Sein.

In the presidential election held at the first session of the union parliament on Feb. 4 as a follow-up of the general election, U Thein Sein won the presidency and U Tin Aung Myint Oo and Dr. Sai Mauk Kham as vice presidents. All of the three represent the USDP.

The new government, led by President U Thein Sein, assumed office on March 30, 2011.