Burmese general election, 1974

27 January 1974 (1974-01-27) - 10 February 1974 (1974-02-10)

All 451 seats in the People's Assembly

Turnout	94.6%
	First party

Leader	Ne Win
Party	BSPP
Leader since	4 July 1962
Seats won	451

Chairman before election

Ne Win
BSPP/Military

President

Ne Win
BSPP

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General elections were held in Burma between 27 January and 10 February 1974.^[1] They were the first under the new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year. This had made the country a one-party state with the Burma Socialist Programme Party as the sole legal party.^[2] It therefore won all 451 seats in the People's Assembly. Voter turnout was reported to be 94.6%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Burma Socialist Programme Party		100	451
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	10,608,267	100	451
Registered voters/turnout	11,212,197	94.6	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p614

Elections and referendums in Myanmar

General elections	1922 1925 1928 1932 1936 1947 1951–52 1956 1960 1974 1978 1981 1985 1990 2010 2015

By-elections	2012 2017

Referendums	1973 2008

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