1951–52 Burmese general election

General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.^[1][2]

1951–52 Burmese general election

← 1947 June 1951 – April 1952 1956 →
All 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	18.75%
First party Second party   Leader U Nu Party AFPFL PDF Seats won 147 19 Seat change 26 New
Prime Minister before election U Nu AFPFL Prime Minister-elect U Nu AFPFL

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]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League			147	–26
	AFPFL allies^[a]			52	+33
	People's Democratic Front^[b]			19	New
	Independent Arakanese Parliamentary Group			6	New
	Greater Burma Party			0	New
	People's Peace Front			0	New
	Union of Burma League			0	New
	United Chin Freedom League			0	New
	Independents			15	+13
Vacant				11	–
Total				250	+40
Total votes		1,500,000	–
Registered voters/turnout		8,000,000	18.75
Source: Nohlen et al.

1. Included the Burma Socialist Party, the All-Burma Peasants Organisation, the Burma Muslim Congress, the Kachin National Congress (7 seats), the Union Karen League (13), the Chin Hills Congress, the United Hill People's Congress, the All-Burma Women's Freedom League, the All-Burma Federation of Trade Organisations and the Arakanese Muslim Association (3).^[4][5]
2. Alliance of the Burma Workers and Peasants Party (12 seats), the Patriotic Alliance and the Burma Democratic Party.^[5]

References

1. Taylor, Robert H. (1996). The Politics of elections in Southeast Asia. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-521-56443-4.
2. Hoffmann, Mark S (1954). World almanac and book of facts, Volume 69. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 338.
3. Rotberg, Robert I (1998). Burma: prospects for a democratic future. Brookings Institution Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8157-7581-2.
4. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
5. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp106–154