page_title: Politics of Myanmar
section_title: After 2016
hierarchical_section_title: Politics of Myanmar / History / After 2016
caption_attribution_description: English: A ballot paper and rubber stamp used in 2015 Myanmar general electionEspañol: Papeleta y sello utilizados en las elecciones birmanas de 2015
context_page_description: Myanmar de jure operates as a unitary assembly-independent republic under its constitution of 2008. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Myanmar an "authoritarian regime" in 2019. This is following the military having given up some, but not all, power following the dismantlement of the Burmese military dictatorship which ruled from 1988 to 2011.
context_section_description: According to the results announced by the Union Election Commission on November 13, 2015, the NLD won 238 seats in the lower house and 348 seats in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, exceeding the required number to form a government. According to the results, the NLD can now elect a president.
caption: Ballot papers and stamps
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