Significance of the November 2015 Myanmar Elections

Udai Bhanu Singh

Archive data: Person was Senior Research Associate at MP-IDSA till April 2022 Udai Bhanu Singh was Senior Research Associate and Coordinator of the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre at MP-IDSA.… Continue reading Significance of the November 2015 Myanmar Elections read more

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won by a landslide majority in the openly contested elections Myanmar held on Sunday, November 8, 2015.The NLD won a convincing majority with 255 seats in the lower house, 135 in the upper house and 496 seats in the state and regional legislatures. This paves the way for election of President of its choice and forming a government. The election had 33.5 million eligible voters (over 18 years) of Myanmar’s 52 million population. To ensure that the elections were largely above board, there were about 10,000 internal and international observers and extensive media presence.