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Elections in Myanmar are a rarity. Myanmar's government is a military dictatorship, known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), which is essentially made up of military heads. Opposition parties are banned, but exist illegally. After Ne Win's repressive regime under one party rule, the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), collapsed in August 1988 after the 8888 Uprising, and the military staged another coup d'etat the following September, they stated that they were going to hold "free and fair" elections in 1990. The first (and only) elections to the People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) under the new military regime, renamed the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), were held on 27 May 1990. The major opposition party, the National League for Democracy, won a landslide victory with a majority of 392 out of the 492 seats; thus, under a parliamentary system, the NLD would form a new government. However, the SLORC refused to acknowledge the results, and as a result the People's Assembly never convened.

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[edit] Latest election

Main article: Myanma general election, 1990

Party	Votes	% of votes	Seats
National League for Democracy	7,943,622	58.7%	392
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy	222,821	1.7%	23
Arakan League for Democracy	160,783	1.2%	11
National Unity Party	2,805,559	21.2%	10
Mon National Democratic Front	138,572	1%	5
National Democratic Party for Human Rights	128,129	1%	4
Chin National League for Democracy	51,187	0.4%	3
Kachin State National Congress for Democracy	13,994	0.1%	3
Party for National Democracy	72,672	0.5%	3
Union Poah National Organisation	35,389	0.3%	3
Democratic Organisation for Kayan National Unity	16,553	0.1%	2
Kayah State Nationalities League for Democracy	11,664	0.1%	2
Naga Hills Regional Progressive Party	10,612	0.1%	2
Ta-ang (Palaung) National League for Democracy	16,553	0.1%	2
Zomi National Congress	18,638	0.1%	2
Minor parties and independents	1,606,858	12.1%	12
Total	13,253,606	100%	492
Source: Adam Carr's electoral archive