1956 Burmese general election
Results

1956 Burmese general election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–

Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League	1,844,614	47.7	148	–51

National United Front	1,170,073	30.4	48	+29

United Hill People's Congress	853,555	21.9	14	–

Arakanese National Unity Organisation	6	New

All-Shan State Organisation	4	New

People's Educational and Cultural Development Organisation	4	New

Kachin National Congress	2	–5

Shan State Peasants' Organisation	2	New

Burma Nationalist Party	1	New

United National Pa-O Organisation	1	–2

Burma Democratic Party	0	–

Independents	13	–2

Vacant	–	–	7	–

Total	3,868,242	100	250	0

Registered voters/turnout	8,570,308	47.8	–	–

Source: Politics, Parties and National Elections in Burma, Nohlen et al.

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In the 1956 Burmese general election, voter turnout was 47.8%.

final_sentence: In the 1956 Burmese general election, voter turnout was 47.8%.