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    Election 2015: the shape of polls to come
    February 28, 2015in 2015 Elections, Contributor, Lead Story, News7by OREN SAMET
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    Election 2015: the shape of polls to come

    As Burma warms up for its hotly anticipated election, what part will the country’s new voting system play?

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    Lower House rejects PR system
    November 14, 2014in Elections, Lead Story, News, Parliament2by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Lower House rejects PR system

    The lower house of parliament decides to continue using the “first-past-the-post” (FPTP) voting system in future elections.

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    NLD rejects hybrid voting system
    October 28, 2014in Elections, Lead Story, News, Parliament4by KO HTWE
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    NLD rejects hybrid voting system

    During a parliamentary debate today the NLD reiterated its opposition to any voting system which incorporates elements of proportional representation.

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    PR, FPTP or five other electoral systems: Shwe Mann
    October 4, 2014in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics116by PAING SOE / DVB
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    PR, FPTP or five other electoral systems: Shwe Mann

    Lower house speaker calls for parliamentary commission to submit at least seven options for electoral systems – including proportional representation and first-past-the-post – that could be suitable to Burma.

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    Parliament approves vote, sans ethnic MPs, to debate new electoral system
    July 24, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics2by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Parliament approves vote, sans ethnic MPs, to debate new electoral system

    Burma’s lower house accepted a proposal to formally debate changing the current electoral system to a proportional representation (PR) system.

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