Shan State Hluttaw
Shan State Hluttaw (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်, Shan: လုမ်းတႅၼ်းၽွင်းၸိုင်ႈတႆး) is the legislature of Shan State in Burma, established on February 8, 2016. It is a unicameral body, consisting of 137 members—103 elected members and 34 military representatives.[1][2] As of February 2016,[3] Sai Long Hseng of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) leads the Hluttaw.
Shan State Hluttaw ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်, လုမ်းတႅၼ်းၽွင်းၸိုင်ႈတႆး | |
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2nd State Hluttaw | |
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Type | |
History | |
Founded | 8 February 2016 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Structure | |
Seats | 137 103 elected MPs 34 military appointees |
Political groups | Military (34) Union Solidarity and Development Party (33)* |
Elections | |
Last election | 8 November 2015 |
Meeting place | |
State Hluttaw Meeting Hall Taunggyi, Shan State | |
Website | |
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Footnotes | |
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General Election results (Nov 2010)
Seats of Shan State Hluttaw by Parties (November 2010) | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- |
USDP | 54 | 37.76 | ||||
SNDP | 31 | 21.68 | ||||
PNO | 6 | 4.2 | ||||
TNP | 4 | 2.8 | ||||
Inn National Development Party | 3 | 2.1 | ||||
WDP | 3 | 2.1 | ||||
Kayan National Party | 2 | 1.4 | ||||
LNDP | 1 | 0.7 | ||||
NUP | 1 | 0.7 | ||||
Independent | 2 | 1.4 | ||||
Military appointees | 36 | 25.17 | ||||
Total | 143 | 100 |
General Election results (Nov 2015)
After the 2015 general election, the Burmese Military held on to a narrow majority of seats in the legislature. This is currently the only legislature in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) had not won the majority of seats in this election. There were 14 vacant seats that were not contested due to insurgency.[4]
Seats of Shan State Hluttaw by Parties (November 2015) | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- |
USDP | 32 | |||||
SNLD | 24 | |||||
NLD | 24 | |||||
TNP | 7 | |||||
PNO | 6 | |||||
WDP | 2 | |||||
LNDP | 2 | |||||
SNDP | 1 | |||||
KDUP | 1 | |||||
WNUP | 1 | |||||
LNUP | 1 | |||||
ANDP | 1 | |||||
Independent | 1 | |||||
Military appointees | 34 | |||||
Total | 137 |
See also
- State and Region Hluttaws
- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
References
- "တပ်မတော်သား တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော် သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် အမည်စာရင်း ကြေညာချက် အမှတ် (၃/၂၀၁၆) (In Burmese)" (Press release). Union Election Commission. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- Nixon, Hamish (September 2013). State and Region Governments in Myanmar (PDF). Myanmar Development Resource Institute. p. 92.
- mizzima (2016-12-11). "Shan State parliament's branding Northern Alliance 'terrorists' disturb peace process". Mizzima. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- Myanmar Times - Election Winners