A Foregone Conclusion

By THE IRRAWADDY OCTOBER, 2010 - VOL.18 NO.10

Members of the National Unity Party attend the party's 22nd anniversary at its head office in Rangoon in September. (Photo: AFP)

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The remaining 15 are too small to be of significance.

No	Party Name	Party Logo	People’s Parliament	Nationalities Parliament	State & Region Parliament	Numbers of Candidates	Targeted States
1	Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)		-	-	-	+ 1,150	All States and Divisions
2	National Unity Party (NUP)		295	149	555	999	All States and Divisions
3	National Democratic Force (NDF)		105	36	22	163	Rangoon
4	88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar)		28	6	5	39	Rangoon
5	Democratic Party (Myanmar)		24	9	15	48	Rangoon
6	Kayin Peoples Party (KPP)		7	5	29	41	Irrawaddy & Rangoon
7	New Era People's Party		7	4	19	30	Irrawaddy
8	Party for Democracy and Peace		8	1	0	9	Rangoon
9	Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics		25	11	10	46	Magwe & Rangoon
10	All Mon Region Democracy Party	-	8	9	16	33	Mon
11	Peace and Diversity Party		3	2	2	7	Irrawaddy
12	Union Democratic Party		2	1	0	3	Rangoon
13	Shan Nationalities Democratic Party		45	15	96	156	Shan & Kachin
14	Wonthanu NLD (The Union of Myanmar)		4	0	0	4	Mandalay
15	Rakhine Nationalities Development Party	-	12	8	24	44	Arakan
16	Chin Progressive Party	-	9	14	18	41	Chin
17	All Mon Region Democracy Party	-	8	9	16	33	Mon
18	Chin National Party		6	7	9	22	Chin
19	National Political Alliances		6	3	4	13	Rangoon & Magwe
20	Kayan National Party	-	2	1	3	6	Arakan
21	The Wa National Unity Party	-	3	1	0	4	Shan
22	Unity and Democracy Party (Kachin State)	-	2	3	4	9	Kachin

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Jeff Wrote:

13/10/2010

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision not to vote in the elections is an important development that will hopefully focus the world’s attention on these so-called “elections”. As an activist following the Burma elections for some time, I hope to see more and more governments recognize these elections for what they really are – a sham. I recently read a very interesting article on why the upcoming <a href=" http://www.thailawforum.com/burma-election.html"> Burmese elections </a> in November are likely not only to fail to produce any democratic change, but will only strengthen the military’s grip over the nation. It points out that the military junta has basically set the rules and chosen the players leaving voters little real choice or impact. When the constitution kicks in after the elections, it will be nearly impossible to enact political changes and it will be even harder to dislodge the military from its choke hold on Burma.