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Myanmar's opposition party announces 1st batch of nominees to contest in forthcoming election

Xinhua, August 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, Saturday nominated 792 people to contest in almost all constituencies at various levels of the parliament in the forthcoming multi-party general election scheduled for Nov. 8.

The party released the nominees' list for seven states and four regions, while leaving nominees for some regions to be announced soon.

The 792 people are enlisted to contest in 212 constituencies for seats in the House of Representatives (Lower House), 130 constituencies for the House of Nationalities (Upper House), 425 constituencies for Region or State Parliaments and 25 constituencies for Region or State Parliaments for National Races.

Aung San Suu Kyi herself will compete in the constituency of Kawmhuu, a township in Yangon region, from where she won the 2012 by-election as a representative to the House of Representatives ( Lower House). The NLD altogether won 43 out of 45 then open parliamentary seats in the by-election.

A total of 89 political parties are registered with the Union Election Commission and the number of parties qualified to run the election is yet to be announced.

The nation's election commission has designated a total of 1, 171 constituencies across the country for vote for four levels of parliament representatives, with 330 constituencies set for election of the House of Representatives, 168 constituencies for the House of Nationalities, 644 constituencies for Region or State Parliaments and 29 constituencies for Region or State Parliaments for national races.

The 2015 general election is to produce parliamentary representatives to the next term of parliament and the next-term government is expected to be formed in early 2016. Endi