Electoral System, Ethnic Parties, and Party System Stability in Myanmar

Tan, Netina; Preece, Cassandra

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“…Additionally, these local ethnic parties lacked distinct programs to attract voters; party institutionalization was weak among most of them (Stokke 2019). The presence of so many ethnic parties also resulted in a split in the votes of those inclined to cast ballots based on ethnicity (Tan and Preece 2020).…”

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“…The NLD's 2015 victory had been attributed to Aung San Suu Kyi's popularity and to the belief that she would bring much-needed economic and political changes to the country (Thawnghmung 2016). Ethnic parties, on the other hand, suffered from vote-splitting, weak party institutionalization, and disadvantage in the first-past-the-post electoral system (Aung 2018; Stokke 2019; Tan and Preece 2020). However, in the NLD government's first term, the country suffered from weak economic performance, stalled political reforms, and delayed peace talks (Callahan 2018).…”

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Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties

Huang

2022

J. East Asian Stud.

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Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won another landslide victory in the 2020 general election. Although there was widespread dissatisfaction with the government's poor management of the economy and ethnic conflicts, as well as with the pre-electoral coordination of ethnic parties in several states, opposition and ethnic-based parties had failed to gain more seats. Previous explanations had focused on the economy, electoral system bias, weak party institutionalization, and vote splitting among ethnic parties; however, they underestimated the significance of two contextual factors: military dominance of politics and ethnic conflict. This article argues that military dominance hindered normal political development in Myanmar. The anti-military sentiment favored the NLD, which made most Bamar voters disregard the party's poor economic performance. Despite the electoral system's bias, prolonged ethnic conflicts made ethnic parties that had fought for their community's causes more likely to maintain support. These arguments are verified by survey and electoral data sets. The military nullified the 2020 election claiming that electoral fraud was to blame, but the findings indicate that it was the political environment the military created that led to the victory of the NLD and some ethnic parties in the first place.

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Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties

Huang

2022

J. East Asian Stud.

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Practices of Democracy

Gireesan

2024

Democracy, Leadership and Governance – Application of Artificial Intelligence

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Introduction: Development Challenges in Myanmar: Political Development and Politics of Development Intertwined

Bjarnegård

2020

Eur J Dev Res

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Myanmar faces enormous development challenges in the midst of a rapidly changing and uncertain landscape both in terms of politics and international aid. This article probes into the intertwined nature of political development and the politics of development, drawing upon existing literature and contributions of this special issue. It critically analyzes the mismatch between the long-term societal change processes that Myanmar faces, on the one hand, and the instability of domestic politics and international development, on the other. It is argued that the prospects for development in Myanmar need to be assessed in a context of constant interaction between political development and the politics of development. Keywords Myanmar • Development • Politics • Aid • Democracy • Political development • Politics of development Résumé Le Myanmar s'affronte à des énormes défis de développement parmi un panorama politique et d'aide international très incertain et qui change très vite. Cet article sonde la nature étroitement mêlée des développements politiques et des politiques du développement, s'appuyant sur la littérature existante et sur les contributions incluses dans cette édition spéciale. On analyse de façon critique le décalage entre, d'un côté, les processus à longue durée d'adaptation sociale qui affronte le Myanmar ; et de l'autre côté, l'instabilité des politiques domestiques et du développement internationale. On soutient que les perspectives de développement au Myanmar doivent être évalués dans le contexte de l'interaction pérenne entre le développement politique et la politique du développement.

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Electoral System, Ethnic Parties, and Party System Stability in Myanmar

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties

Myanmar's 2020 Election: Explaining the Strong Performance of the NLD and Some Ethnic Parties

Practices of Democracy

Introduction: Development Challenges in Myanmar: Political Development and Politics of Development Intertwined

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