Of the last three candidates nominated respectively from the group of
elected House of Representatives(Lower House), the group of elected
House of Nationalities (Upper House) and the group from
military-nominated representatives, the one who wins the most number of
votes will take the presidential seat, while the other two be vice
presidents.
The nomination list will be forwarded to the speaker of the union parliament.
The presidential election will be followed by the formation of new
government and power transfer to new head of state will be on March 31
when the current government term expires.
The newly-elected union parliament made up of House of
Representatives and House of Nationalities (Upper House) started its
first session in Nay Pyi Taw on Feb. 8 after the previous term of the
parliament expires.
Myanmar held a general election to elect parliament representatives
in Nov. 8, 2015, in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) won
the absolute majority of the parliamentary seats, which is strong enough
for it to form a new government independently under the constitution
and nominate the president and two vice presidents.
The first union parliament session is chaired by U Mann Win Khaing
Than of the NLD who is also Speaker of the House of Nationalities.
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