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Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies

Imphal, March 26 2012: Elections in Burma are a rarity.

Burma is led by a military junta known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

Opposition parties are banned, but exist illegally.

Prior to the military take over, multi-party elections were held in 1951�1952, 1956 and 1960 .

When Ne Win's one party rule system � the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) � collapsed in August 1988 following the 8888 Uprising, the military staged another coup d'etat the following September, stating that they were going to hold "free and fair" elections in 1990 .

The first (and to date only) elections to the People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) under the new military administration, 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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