Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw

Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw
ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော်
2nd Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw
Type
Type
History
Founded 8 February 2016
Leadership
Speaker
Aung Kyaw Khaing, NLD
Since 8 February 2016
Deputy Speaker
San Min Aung, NLD
Since 8 February 2016
Structure
Seats 72
54 elected MPs
18 military appointees
Political groups

     National League for Democracy (51)*
     Military (18)

     Union Solidarity and Development Party (3)
Elections
Last election
 8 November 2015
Meeting place
Region Hluttaw Meeting Hall
Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region
Footnotes

Ayeyarwady Region Hluttaw (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော်) is the legislature of the Burmese region of Ayeyarwady Region. It is a unicameral body, consisting of 72 members, including 54 elected members and 18 military representatives.[1] As of February 2016, the Hluttaw was led by speaker Aung Kyaw Khaing of the National League for Democracy (NLD).

As of the 2015 general election, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the most contested seats in the legislature, based on the most recent election results.[2][3]

General Election results (Nov. 2015)

Party Seats +/–
National League for Democracy (NLD)51Increase50
Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)3Decrease44
National Unity Party (NUP)0Decrease6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nixon, Hamish (September 2013). State and Region Governments in Myanmar (PDF). Myanmar Development Resource Institute. p. 92.
  2. ↑ Myanmar Times - Election Winners
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/rshorsey/status/667735871420936192
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