page_title: Elections in Myanmar
section_title: House of Nationalities
hierarchical_section_title: Elections in Myanmar / 2015 campaign / House of Nationalities
caption_attribution_description: English: A polling station used for Myanmar election 2015. The ballot boxes are at the front, while the voting booths are at the rear.
context_page_description: Myanmar is a unitary republic, with elected representatives at the national and, state or region levels. On the national level, the head of state, the President, is elected indirectly through an Electoral College. According to the 2008 constitution, the term durations of the legislature, the President, and the Cabinet are five years.
  Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the military, to select Members of Assembly to seats in both the upper house and the lower house of the Assembly of the Union, and State and Region Hluttaws. Ethnic Affairs Ministers were also elected by their designated electorates on the same day, although only select ethnic minorities in particular states and regions were entitled to vote for them.
  The country has so far had 16 general elections since 1922; the last election was in 2015 and the next is expected in 2020. All elections are regulated by the Union Election Commission.
context_section_description: 168 of the 224 seats in the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw) were up for election. The remaining 56 seats (25%) were not elected, and instead reserved for military appointees (taken from Tatmadaw personnel; officially known as "Defence Services Personnel Representatives"). There are 12 members elected per state/region, including one member from each self-administered zone.
caption: A polling station used for 2015 elections. The ballot boxes are at the front, while the voting booths are at the rear.
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