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PARLIAMENT WATCH > PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY > OVERVIEW
 
PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY
(Pyithu Hluttaw)
 
 
Speaker: Shwe Mann (USDP)
Deputy Speaker: Nanda Kyaw Sar (USDP)
 
Number of MPs
Party
%
220
USDP
51%
110
Military-appointed
25%
43
Ethnic parties*
10%
37
NLD
8%
12
NUP
2%
6
NDF
<2%
2
NNDP
<1%
1
Independent
<1%
431**
 
100%
 
* SNDP (18), RNPP (7), AMRDP (3), PNO (3), CPP (2), CNP (2), PSDP (2), WDP (2), KPP (1), TNP (1), UDPKS (1), INDP (1).
 
** The People’s Assembly comprises 440 seats. However, five seats were never filled in the November 2010 elections and three seats remain vacant because no by-elections were held in April 2012. In addition, RNPP MP for Arakan State’s Minbya constituency Aung Sein Tha passed away on 1 March 2012.
 
 
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