2012 Myanmar by-elections

The 2012 Myanmar by-elections were held on 1 April 2012. The elections were held to fill 48 vacant parliamentary seats. Three of those remained vacant as polling in three Kachin constituencies was postponed. There was no plan to fill the additional five seats cancelled in the 2010 election and one seat vacated after the death of a RNDP member.

2012 Myanmar by-election

1 April 2012

40 (of the 440) seats to the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives)
6 (of the 224) seats to the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities)
2 seats to Regional Parliaments

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Thein Sein	Aung San Suu Kyi	Sai Ai Pao
Party	USDP	NLD	SNDP
Leader since	2 June 2010 (2010-06-02)	27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)	8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Leader's seat	Did not contest	Kawhmu (Pyithu)	Did not contest
Seats before	260 R / 128 N	0 R / 1 N	18 R / 3 N
Seats after	220 R / 123 N	37 R / 5 N	18 R / 4 N
Seat change	40 R / 5 N	37 R / 4 N	R / 1 N

Results of the election in the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw in the 2010 General Election and by-elections up to December 2014.

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The main opposition party National League for Democracy was re-registered for the by-elections on 13 December 2011 as part of the reforms in Burma since 2010. It won in 43 of the 44 seats they contested (out of 45 available). Its leader Aung San Suu Kyi ran for the seat of Kawhmu, and won.

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