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Insert Email to Subscribe Newsletter BURMA A V i s ua l Gu i de t o Bu r ma ’ s New Pa r l i amen t By THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday, February 2, 2016 | 0 On Feb. 1, Burma will have a new Parliament with a fresh political order. As the current session wound down on Friday, many lawmakers from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) —which held a majority of both houses over the past five years—left the assembly for good. Only 41 USDP members will sit in the new Parliament, which will convene on Monday, some old and a few new. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), will assume 390 seats, enjoying a majority in both houses after a landslide win in the Nov. 8 general election. Those gains account for 80 percent of all contested races. The party only held 43 seats in the outgoing Parliament, which they won in a 2012 by-election. Search... MORE ARTICLES IN THIS SECTION MORE ARTICLES IN THIS SECTION Western Diplomats Hail Sitting of ‘Historic’ New Parliament Thai Professor: Interest in Burmese Language Has Increased Ten-Fold Questions Raised Over Thai-Backed Coal Power Plant in Mon State NLD Launches ‘Sharing’ Program for Poor Schoolchildren New Parliament another Stepping Stone in a Long Struggle Shan IDPs Face Post-Conflict Hardships A New Hue As Suu Kyi’s Party Enters Parliament Exchange Commission Mulls More Licenses as YSX Preps for Trade BURMESE | BLOG | DONATE News Business Opinion Features Interview Travel Lifestyle Culture Sports Multimedia Magazine Jobs More converted by Web2PDFConvert.com
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A Visual Guide to Burma’s New ParliamentBy THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday , February 2, 201 6 |
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On Feb. 1, Burma will have a new Parliament with a fresh political order. As the current session
wound down on Friday, many lawmakers from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
—which held a majority of both houses over the past five years—left the assembly for good. Only 41
USDP members will sit in the new Parliament, which will convene on Monday, some old and a few
new.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), will assume 390 seats,
enjoying a majority in both houses after a landslide win in the Nov. 8 general election. Those gains
account for 80 percent of all contested races. The party only held 43 seats in the outgoing
Parliament, which they won in a 2012 by-election.
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M O R E A R T IC L E S IN T H IS S E C T IO NM O R E A R T IC L E S IN T H IS S E C T IO N
Western Diplomats Hail Sitting of ‘Historic’ NewParliament
Thai Professor: Interest in Burmese LanguageHas Increased Ten-Fold
Questions Raised Over Thai-Backed CoalPower Plant in Mon State
NLD Launches ‘Sharing’ Program for PoorSchoolchildren
New Parliament another Stepping Stone in aLong Struggle
Shan IDPs Face Post-Conflict Hardships
A New Hue As Suu Kyi’s Party EntersParliament
Exchange Commission Mulls More Licenses asYSX Preps for Trade
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Thein Sein Vows
Elections Will Be
Free and Fair
Suu Kyi’s Convoy
Tailed En Route to
Capital, NLD
Sources Say
Aung San Suu Kyi’s
Political Life in
Pictures
Suu Kyi Tipped to
Meet Army Chief in
Coming Weeks
Upper House
Approves
Controversial
Presidential
Security Bill
The NLD-led legislature will bring an assorted set of lawmakers including ethnic minorities,
academics and former political prisoners. The number of women in Parliament will have doubled
from 31 to 65. Despite the drastic diversification of elected seat-holders, one thing will remain the
same: The number of military representatives will be 166.
The Irrawaddy’s researchers put together a few visuals to illustrate the composition of the new
legislature.
Research compiled by Wai Yan Aung.
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