<P> In 1 April 2012 by - elections, the NLD won 43 of the 45 available seats; previously an illegal organisation, the NLD had not won a single seat under new constitution . The 2012 by - elections were also the first time that international representatives were allowed to monitor the voting process in Myanmar . </P> <P> General elections were held on 8 November 2015 . These were the first openly contested elections held in Myanmar since 1990 . The results gave the National League for Democracy an absolute majority of seats in both chambers of the national parliament, enough to ensure that its candidate would become president, while NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from the presidency . </P> <P> The new parliament convened on 1 February 2016 and, on 15 March 2016, Htin Kyaw was elected as the first non-military president since the military coup of 1962 . On 6 April 2016, Aung San Suu Kyi assumed the newly created role of State Counsellor, a role akin to a Prime Minister . </P> <P> Myanmar has a total area of 678,500 square kilometres (262,000 sq mi). It lies between latitudes 9 ° and 29 ° N, and longitudes 92 ° and 102 ° E. As of February 2011, Myanmar consisted of 14 states and regions, 67 districts, 330 townships, 64 sub-townships, 377 towns, 2,914 Wards, 14,220 village tracts and 68,290 villages . </P>

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