Off the wire
• Real Madrid confirm Bernabeu to have roof  • Nigeria vows to address plight of internally displaced girls  • Kenya's early oil exports not viable, says report  • Long life in Britain depends on where you live  • Zuma sets up ministerial team to deal with student protests  • CCDI warns of weakening of Party leadership after inspections  • Kuwait Emir starts first state visit to Brunei to advance bilateral ties  • Burundi suspends cooperation with UN human rights office  • Namibia's First Lady calls on women to report gender-based violence cases  • AU inaugurates new peace, security building  
You are here: 　 Home

Myanmar to hold by-election in April

Xinhua, October 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's by-election has been scheduled on April 1 in 2017 to fill vacant seats of the parliament, according to an announcement of Union Election Commission (UEC) Tuesday.

The by-election will be held to fill 18 vacant seats - nine in Lower House (House of Representatives), three in Upper House (House of Nationalities) and six in state parliaments.

When the country's general election was held on Nov. 7 in 2015, there were some constituencies which failed to hold the polling.

Moreover, according to the country's constitution, some parliamentary seats were left empty after some parliament members were appointed as government cabinet members. Enditem