election.irrawaddy.comThe Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column HOME NEWS ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION ELECTORAL LAWS INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ON THE RECORD SITEMAP DONATION CONTACT US LATEST NEWS Main Ethnic Parties Plan to Sit in New Parliament HOME NEWS ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION ELECTORAL LAWS INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ON THE RECORD SITEMAP DONATION CONTACT US Burma’s two largest ethnic parties have said that they will claim their seats in Parliament when it is formed sometime next year, despite their allegations of cheating by the junta-backed party that has been declared the winner of the country’s Nov. 7 election. Read more... USDP Wins 76.5 Percent of Vote Burma’s Union Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced the final results for the Nov. 7 general election, with the regime-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) winning 883 of the 1,154 parliamentary seats, or 76.5 percent, according to a Chinese newspaper. Ministers Seek Cooperation with Karen Party Two Burmese government ministers have reportedly met in a Karen State monastery with the influential monk Ashin Pyinnyar Thar Mi and urged him to try and persuade the Phalon Sawaw Democratic Party (PSDP) to co-operate with the regime-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). DPP Calls for Dissolution of USDP The Democracy and Peace Party (DPP) says it has called on the Union Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the junta’s Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and not to recognize its candidates who won seats in parliament. ANALYSIS INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD USDP and NUP Square Up for 132 Seats The junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will be challenged by only the former ruling socialist party, the National Unity Party (NUP), for 132 seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday’s general election. Read more... More: Ethnic Groups Don’t Expect Much from the Election Expecting the Worst, Hoping for Something Media Controls Tighten Ahead of Burma Election Election Commission Video Misstates the Law CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD USDP Illegal under Constitution When Burma’s EC chief Thein Soe told a US delegation that the founding of the USDP was legal under Burmese law, he was lying. Read more... More: An Alternative Solution to Amend the Constitution Suu Kyi’s Election Year Role Still in Doubt A Tip for Asean: Ethnic Reality beyond the Election Constitutional Impunity for Generals in Burma INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD International Analysis on Election 1. BLC Analysis on Election 2010 (March, 2010) 2. SAAG Analysis Paper on Elections (March, 2010) 3. US Congress Research Paper on Election (April, 2010) 4. ICG Election Update Briefing (May, 2010) 5. USIP Report on Election (May, 2010) 6. SSRC Overview of Registered Parties (June, 2010) 7. TNI Policy Briefing on Election 1 (June, 2010) 8. TNI Policy Briefing on Election 2 (June, 2010) 9. SPCS Paper on Election 10. NDI Burma’s Electoral Framework (August, 2010) 11. SSRC -Countdown to the Myanmar Elections 12.China’s Myanmar Strategy - Election, Ethnic Politics and Economics 13.International Analisis on Elecion 14. SSRC Myanmar - A Pre-election Primer 15. Chatham House - Voting, But As We Know It 16. Burma Election - Issues for Congress Read more... INTERVIEW INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD Donor Dispute Shakes Six-party Alliance A political donation by a businessman associated with the junta raises questions. The chairman of the party receiving the funds and the chairman of the party that resigned from the alliance talk to The Irrawaddy . Read more... More: The Election Held in Secrecy We’ll Scrap Our Party if That’s What Suu Kyi Wants” DPP Supports Open Market, Free Trade System Walking Away from an Unfair Election ELECTORAL LAWS INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD Top UN Briefing on Burma to Focus on Election Laws Ban Ki-moon invites his Group of Friends on Myanmar” and representatives of Security Council countries to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the Burmese regime’s election plans. Read more... More: A Lack of Independence, Impartiality Party Registration Regulations Favor Wealthy Election Law Ensures No Credibility Burma’s Election: Credibility at Stake ON THE RECORD INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS ON ELECTION NEWS PROFILES ANALYSIS CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN TRACKER INTERVIEW POLITICAL PARTIES CARTOON QUOTABLE POPULATION DATA ELECTORAL LAWS ON THE RECORD Enlisting the Strength of Political Parties Union Election Commission Directive No 2/2010 Enlisting the Strength of Political Parties Section 5: Political parties that want to assemble and give speeches at designated [public] places shall apply to the election commission in the area one week in advance. Read more... More: 2008 Constitution Six Points in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Analysis in Rejecting Party Registration Union Election Commission Law Pyithu Hluttaw Electoral Law Quotable "Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi’s] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence." —Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma Poll Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election? 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