Pyithu Hluttaw
One of the houses of the parliament of Myanmar
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The Pyithu Hluttaw (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်, pronounced [pjìðṵ l̥ʊʔtɔ̀]; lit. 'People's Assembly') is one of the houses of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of which 330 are directly elected through the first-past-the-post system in each townships (the third-level administrative divisions of Myanmar), and 110 are appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces, under a constitutional provision that has no parallel in the world. There is no upper house and lower house in Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as both Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw enjoy equal status as per the constitution.[1]
since 16 March 2026
Pyithu Hluttaw ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 31 January 2011 |
| Preceded by | Pyithu Hluttaw (1974-1988) |
| Leadership | |
Khin Yi since 16 March 2026 | |
Deputy Speaker | Maung Maung Ohn since 16 March 2026 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 440 MPs |
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Pyithu Hluttaw political groups | USDP (231) SNDP (7) |
| Elections | |
Last Pyithu Hluttaw election | 2025–26 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw | |
| Website | |
| www | |
After the 2010 general election, Thura Shwe Mann was elected as the first Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
As of 8 November 2015, 90% of the members are men (389 members) and 10% are women (44 members).[2]
Due to the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, the day the new session was set to begin after the 2020 Myanmar general election, the new session did not start.[3] Instead, the assembly was kept vacant for five years until the 2025–26 Myanmar general election, and convened on 16 March 2026.[4]
Composition
2016–2021
| Pyithu Hluttaw elections, 2015 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| NLD | 255 |  218 |
57.95 | ||||||
| USDP | 30 |  182 |
6.82 | ||||||
| ANP | 12 | 4 |
2.73 | ||||||
| SNLD | 12 | 12 |
2.73 | ||||||
| PNO | 3 |  |
0.68 | ||||||
| TNP | 3 | 1 |
0.68 | ||||||
| LNDP | 2 | 2 |
0.45 | ||||||
| ZCD | 2 | 2 |
0.45 | ||||||
| KSDP | 1 | |
0.23 | ||||||
| KDUP | 1 | |
0.23 | ||||||
| WDP | 1 | 1 |
0.23 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 |
0.23 | ||||||
| Cancelled due to insurgency[5] | 7 | 1.59 | |||||||
| Military appointees | 110 | |
25.00 | – | – | 0 | |||
| Total | 440 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
2011–2016
| Pyithu Hluttaw elections, 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| USDP | 259 | 58.86 | 56.76 | 11,858,125 | |||||
| SNDP | 18 | 4.09 | 2.44 | 508,780 | |||||
| NUP | 12 | 2.73 | 19.44 | 4,060,802 | |||||
| RNDP | 9 | 2.05 | 2.87 | 599,008 | |||||
| NDF | 8 | 1.82 | 7.10 | 1,483,329 | |||||
| AMRDP | 3 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 167,928 | |||||
| PNO | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
| CNP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 36,098 | |||||
| CPP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 76,463 | |||||
| PSDP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 82,038 | |||||
| WDP | 2 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 27,546 | |||||
| Others | 10 | 2.29 | 9.54 | 1,992,590 | |||||
| Military appointees | 110 | 110 |
25.00 | – | – | ||||
| Total | 440 | 100 | 100 | 20,892,707 | |||||
- The 3 Pa-O National Organisation candidates ran unopposed.
| Pyithu Hluttaw by-election, 2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| USDP | 212 | 47 |
48.18 | ||||||
| NLD | 37 | 37 |
8.41 | ||||||
| SNDP | 18 | 4.09 | |||||||
| NUP | 12 | 2.73 | |||||||
| RNDP | 9 | 2.05 | |||||||
| NDF | 8 | 1.82 | |||||||
| AMRDP | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
| PNO | 3 | 0.68 | |||||||
| CNP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
| CPP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
| PSDP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
| WDP | 2 | 0.45 | |||||||
| Others | 10 | 2.28 | |||||||
| Military appointees | 110 | 25.00 | – | – | |||||
| Vacant | 10 | 10 |
2.28 | ||||||
| Total | 440 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
Voting seats by region and state
| Party | Region | State | Territory | Total seats by party | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayeyarwady | Bago | Magway | Mandalay | Sagaing | Tanintharyi | Yangon | Chin | Kachin | Kayah | Kayin | Mon | Rakhine | Shan1 | Naypyidaw | ||
| Union Solidarity and Development Party | 20 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 221 |
| National League for Democracy | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 37 |
| Shan Nationalities League for Democracy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | 18 |
| National Unity Party | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 12 |
| National Democratic Force | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Rakhine Nationalities Development Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | 9 |
| All Mon Region Democracy Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Pa-O National Organisation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Chin National Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Chin Progressive Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Wa Democratic Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Kayin People's Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Inn National Development Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Taaung (Palaung) National Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Other Parties and Independents | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Total seats | 26 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 45 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 325 |
Notes:
- ^ In Shan state voting the five seats is cancelled
| Pyithu Hluttaw seats elected by Regions and States (November 2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/State | NLD | USDP | ANP | SNLD | TNP | PNO | ZCD | KSDP | KDUP | LNDP | WDP | Independent | Total |
| Kachin State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kayah State | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Kayin State | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Chin State | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mon State | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rakhine State | 4 | 1 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||
| Shan State | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | ||||
| Sagaing Region | 36 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Tanintharyi Region | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bago Region | 27 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Magway Region | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Mandalay Region | 27 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Yangon Region | 44 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Ayeyarwady Region | 25 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Naypyidaw Territory | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Total | 255 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 323 |
Note: Result as of 20 Nov 2015. Elections in seven townships of Shan State were cancelled due to armed conflicts. Military appointed were not included in this table.[9][10]