Kayin State Hluttaw ( ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်ဘျီၣ်ဒိၣ်, my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်) is the

legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...

of the Burmese state of

Kayin State Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ...

. It is a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

body, consisting of 23 members, including 17 elected members and 6 military representatives. As of February 2016, the Hluttaw was led by

speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

Saw Chit Khin of the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It ...

(NLD). As of the 2015 general election, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the most contested seats in the legislature. Myanmar Times - State/Region Hluttaw Results: Graphics
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Election results

2015

References

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Election results

2015

See also

References