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Myanmar opposition secures 490 seats in parliament: election body

Xinhua, November 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has so far secured a total of 490 parliamentary seats at three levels in the next term of the parliament, according to the up-date election result released by the Union Election Commission Wednesday evening.

Of the 490 seats out of 573 so far occupied by the NLD, 179 are in the House of Representatives (Lower House), 77 in the House of Nationalities (Upper House) and 234 in the Region or State Parliament.

Of the 47 seats taken by the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), 17 are in the House of Representatives, four in the House of Nationalities, and 26 in the Region or State Parliament.

USDP was signified by the re-winning of a seat of the House of Representatives by current Vice President U Nyan Tun, who competed in Zeegone, Bago region constituency representing the party.

The remaining 33 parliamentary seats go to some ethnic parties and two independents. Of the ethnic parties, Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) shares the most with 18, of which 11 in the House of Representatives and 7 in the Region or State Parliament.

The commission has so far announced 573 elected parliament representatives. Of them, 216 are elected to the Houses of Representatives, 83 to the House of Nationalities and 274 to the Region or State Parliament.

The election result will continue to be released by the election commission on a daily basis. Enditem