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General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.

[1][2] The first elections since independence, they saw the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) win 60% of the vote and 199 out of 250 seats.

Voter turnout was low at 20%, as only 1.5 million voters out of an eligible 8 million participated.

[3] It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma.