2015 Myanmar general election
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The 2015 Myanmar general election was a landmark nationwide vote that ended decades of military-backed rule by delivering a decisive victory to Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy National League for Democracy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general election
ⓘ
national election ⓘ |
| affectedBy | 2008 Constitution of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignIssue |
constitutional reform
ⓘ
economic development ⓘ peace process with ethnic armed groups ⓘ rule of law ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | relatively free and fair compared to previous Myanmar elections ⓘ |
| context | political liberalization under President Thein Sein ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| date | 2015-11-08 ⓘ |
| defeated | Union Solidarity and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem |
first-past-the-post voting
ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ |
| elects |
Amyotha Hluttaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Nationalities of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Representatives of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyithu Hluttaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excludedGroups | many Rohingya Muslims ⓘ |
| feature | 25 percent of parliamentary seats reserved for military ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2020 Myanmar general election ⓘ |
| headOfRulingGovernmentBeforeElection | Thein Sein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldIn | Republic of the Union of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalReaction | widely welcomed by foreign governments ⓘ |
| ledBy | Aung San Suu Kyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ledToOffice | State Counsellor position for Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ |
| mainLoser | Union Solidarity and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainOppositionParty | National League for Democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWinner | National League for Democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | retained significant political power despite election results ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
domestic election observers
ⓘ
international observers ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Union Election Commission of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Myanmar electoral history ⓘ |
| precededBy | 2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ |
| restrictedBy | constitutional bar preventing Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
end of decades of military-backed quasi-civilian rule
ⓘ
first democratically elected government in Myanmar in decades ⓘ landslide victory for National League for Democracy ⓘ transfer of power from military-backed party to opposition ⓘ |
| rulingPartyBeforeElection | Union Solidarity and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark nationwide vote
ⓘ
major milestone in Myanmar’s democratic transition ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuring | Myanmar political reforms (2011–2016) ⓘ |
| typeOfVoters | universal adult suffrage with some exclusions ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | high ⓘ |
| voterTurnoutPercentage | around 69 percent ⓘ |
| year | 2015 ⓘ |
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