1978 Burmese general election

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1–15 January 1978

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Turnout

93.3%

	First party

Leader	Ne Win
Party	BSPP
Leader since	4 July 1962
Seats won	464
Seat change	13

President before election

Ne Win
BSPP

President

Ne Win
BSPP

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General elections were held in Burma between 1 and 15 January 1978. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Burma Socialist Programme Party as the sole legal party. It therefore won all 464 seats in People's Assembly. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.3%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Burma Socialist Programme Party			464	+13
Total				464	+13

Total votes		14,000,000	–
Registered voters/turnout		15,000,000	93.33
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
Nohlen et al., p614

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