Brief Biographies of Exiled
Members of Parliament of
(1) U Teddy Buri
Constituency: Loikaw (2)
(Eligible Voters 21,536; Votes Cast 12,272;
Valid Votes 10,688; Number of
Candidates 6)
Date of Birth: 19 December 1944
Father: Marko Maung Kyaw
Mother: Bibiana Thant
Current Duties:
President of Members of Parliament Union (MPU)
Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of National Coalition Government of the Union
of Burma (NCGUB) Chairman,
Foreign Affairs Committee of National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)
Patron, United
Nationalities League for Democracy (Liberated Area)
Member, Ethnic Nationalities Solidarity and Cooperation Committee (ENSCC)
U Teddy Buri left
U Teddy Buri graduated
in English at
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(2) U Daniel Aung
Constituency: Mongping
(Eligible Voters 27,457; Votes Cast 14,470;
Valid Votes 11,728; Number of Candidates 3)
Date of Birth: 4 December 1942
Place of Birth: Lashio, Shan State
Father: U Kyar Hae
Mother: Daw Na G'a
Current Duties:
Vice-President
of Members of Parliament Union (MPU)
Member, Federal Affairs Committee of National Coalition Government of the
U Daniel Aung lives in
exile in
At the press conference
in Manerplaw on 26th May 1994 , he said that he fled because he had
lost faith in the National Convention.He said that delegates had to follow
guidelines set by SLORC and that suggestions from delegates are not taken
seriously.He claims that many restrictions are being placed on the normal
activities of political parties with the
aim of gradually eliminating them.He said that political party branches at the
township level are being arbitrarily disbanded by SLORC on the grounds that the
party has insufficient members.He also alleged that state funds are being used
to build up the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) which is
supposed to be a civic organization.People are being coerced to join USDA mass
rallies and , in his opinion , the USDA will replace Gen Ne Wins discredited
Burmese Socialist Programme Party.
U Daniel Aung has a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
He received 6,407 valid
votes or 55 % in the 1990 elections. He has been living in
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(3) U Maung Maung Latt
Constituency: Bilin (1)
(Eligible Voters 42,507; Votes Cast 27,976; Valid Votes 23,879; Number of Candidates
4)
Date of Birth:
Father: U Tun Sein
Current Duties:
Secretary of
Members of Parliament
U Maung Maung Latt has a
Bachelor of Arts (Law) degree and a Bachelor of Law degree from
U Maung Maung Latt left
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(4) U Tin Tut
Constituency: Einme (1)
(Eligible Voters 45,061; Votes Cast 37,068; Valid Votes 31,128; Number of
Candidates 3)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Einme,
Father: U Yon Kaung
Mother: Daw Thein Mya
Current Duties:
Senior Advisor of Members of Parliament
Member, Information and Public Relations Committee of National Coalition Government
of the
U
Tin Tut was actively involved in the student movements in
U Tin Tut was arrested on
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Pegu Division
(5) Dr. Sein Win
Constituency: Paukkhaung
(Eligible Voters 56,337; Votes Cast 39,412;
Valid Votes 35,063; Number of Candidates 8)
Date of Birth: 16 December 1944
Place of Birth: Taungdwin Gyi
Father: U Ba Win
Mother: Daw Khin Saw
Current Duties:
Prime Minister of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
(NCGUB)
Member, Presidium of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)
Member, Members of Parliament Union (MPU)
Dr. Sein Win is the
Prime Minister of the NCGUB and the former leader of the Party for National Democracy(PND). In late 1990, Dr. Sein Win left for the
liberated area on the Thai-Burma border and set up the NCGUB.
Dr. Sein Win is the son
of U Ba Win, the elder brother of Gen. Aung San. In 1965 he graduated from
Dr.
Sein Win left
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(6) Dr. Sann Aung
Constituency: Ingapu (2)
(Eligible Voters 72,094; Votes Cast 54,990; Valid Votes 46,665; Number of
Candidates 4)
Date of Birth: 5 July 1955
Place of Birth: Taunggyi, Shan State
Father: U Ba Htay
Mother: Daw Khin Toke
Current Duties:
Prime Minister's Office - East Minister of National Coalition Government
of the
Secretary, Democratic Development Affairs Committee of NCGUB
Member,
Members of Parliament
Dr. Sann Aung was
appointed the NCGUB Labour Minister in July 1997 and now Prime Ministers
Office (East) Minister. He fled to the Liberated Area on the Thai-Burma border
in 1991 and was appointed the NCGUB Minister of Education and Health.
After the 1990 elections , junta-backed National Unity Party (NUP)
candidate U Thein Tun submitted a letter of protest stating that Dr. Sann Aung
had cheated in the election. His election symbol was "book". An
Election Commission Tribunal investigated the case and declared that he had
violated election laws. The Election Commission subsequently dismissed Dr. Sann
Aung as an MP by Declaration No. 28/92 on
Dr. Sann Aung graduated
from
(Election Commission
Announcement No. 913 of
(Seven Hluttaw members, five of them from the NLD, have absconded to avoid legal
action against them.They "had taken part in a series of clandestine
meetings held during the months of September and October, 1990 where the
formation of a parallel government in Mandalay and the formation of a temporary
government in the jungles were discussed". They are: Dr. Sann Aung, U Bo
Hla Tint - Mogok-2, U Thein Oo - Mandalay SW 2, U Hla Pe Pyawbwe 2, U Win Ko
- Ye-U-2, U Mya Win Ingapu 1, and U Peter Limbin - Indep.,
Pyin Oo Lwin 2. (WPD_
Dr. Sann Aung received
24,581 valid votes or 53 % in the 1990 elections. He currently lives in
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(7) U Bo Hla Tint
Constituency: Mogok (2)
(Eligible Voters 36,726; Votes Cast 24,596; Valid Votes 22,873; Number of
Candidates 6)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Mogok, Mandalay Division
Father: U San Shein
Mother: Daw Ohn
Current Duties:
Minister of NCGUB
Chairman, Finance Committee of National Coalition Government of
the
Member,
Members of Parliament
U Bo Hla Tint received a Civil Engineering degree from the Rangoon
Institute of Technology in 1981 and worked as an assistant engineer at the Nga
Light Chaung Dam from February 1994 to July 1985. He was detained from 19
August to
U Bo Hla Tint served as Secretary of the NLD Mogok Township
Organizing Committee. The Election Commission dismissed Bo Hla Tint from
Parliament on
U Bo Hla Tint left
He currently lives in the
(Seven Hluttaw members,
five of them from the NLD, have absconded to avoid legal action against them.
They "had taken part in a series of clandestine meetings held during the
September and October, 1990 where the formation of a parallel government in
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(8) U Maung Maung Aye
Constituency:
(Eligible Voters 37,046; Votes Cast 30,833; Valid Votes 29,005; Number of
Candidates 8)
Date of Birth:
Parents: U Hla Ngwe and Daw Ahmar
Current Duties:
Minister for Health and Education, National Coalition Government
of the
Member,
Members of Parliament
U Maung Maung Aye is the Minister for Health and Education in the NCGUB. He
refused to sign the SLORCs Declaration 1/90 and was subsequently declared a
fugitive by the authorities. On
U Maung Maung Aye graduated in Mathematics from
U Maung Maung Aye left
(Election Commission Announcement No. 913 of 21-2-91 announces the
"non-existence as Hluttaw representatives
and cancellation of their
names from the list of elected Hluttaw representatives" of: U Maung Maung
Aye along with U Than Sein Pale 1, Dr.
Tint Swe Pale 2 and Dr. Sann Aung Ingapu 2". The court concerned has
ruled with firm evidence that the above-mentioned persons made contacts with
and collaborated with the armed insurgent organizations which formed parallel
government to rise up against the State and with members of the said
organizations and that they formed organizations to rise up against the
State". (WPD_22/2/91)
(Two NLD Leaders have been declared "abscondees". They are U Maung
Maung Aye, Hluttaw representative for Mandalay NE-1 and U Tin Shwe (Monywa),
member of the Mandalay Division Organizing Committee for the NLD.They absconded
upon learning that they were being sought for posting a letter of complaint to
the Mandalay LORC Chairman about the 8 August
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(9) U Thein Oo
Constituency:
( Eligible Voters 50,624; Votes Cast 38,667; Valid
Votes 37,009; Number of Candidates 6)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Father: U Tin Maung
Mother: Daw Hla Mying
Current Duties:
Minister for Human Rights, National Coalition Government of the
Member, Members of Parliament
He left
He participated in the meetings held in
U Thein Oo was involved in the 1974 U Thant funeral demonstration,
the June 1975 demonstration and the 1976 Thakhin Kodaw Hmine protests. He has a
Bachelor of Arts (Law) degree and Bachelor of Law degree from
U Thein Oo received 29,741 valid votes or 80 % in the 1990
elections.
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Sagaing Division
(10) Dr Tint Swe
Constituency: Pale (2)
(Eligible Voters 33,195; Votes Cast 24,264;
Valid Votes 20,759; Number of Candidates 4)
Date of Birth: 9 August 1948
Place of Birth: Minnywas Village, Pale Tsp., Sagaing Division
Father: U Ba Cho
Mother: Daw Khin Khin
Current Duties:
Minister, Prime Minister's Office (West) of National Coalition of
the Government of the
Chairman
of the National League for Democracy Liberated Area (Western Region)
Dr Tint Swe finished high education from State High School
No. 2 in Monywa. He got MBBS from
After the Gandhi Conference of the NLD, Dr. Tint
Swe was among the elected MPs who worked clandestinely to form the NCGUB. He
narrowly escaped from arrest in October 1990 and fled to
Dr. Tint Swe left for
The
Election Commission dismissed him as an MP on
(Election
Commission Announcement No. 913 of
(Three Hluttaw members, all from the NLD, "have been declared absconders
by the
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(11) U Khun
Marko Ban
Constituency: Pekhon
(Number of Candidates 2)
Date of Birth:
Father: U Khun Kya
Mother: Daw Mu Thaung
Current Duties:
Federal Minister of National Coalition Government of the
Member, Members of Parliament
Khun Marko Ban studied up to 10th Standard at the high school. He
was arrested and detained three times by the MIS from 1965 to 1970 for his
political activities. He was the Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Organization
for Kayan National Unity (DOKNU).
Shortly after he heard
about the formation of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
led by Dr. Sein Win on
On arriving at the
Manerplaw in April 1993, he held a press conference and pointed out that the
National Convention was sham. He joined the NCGUB in 1995, and since then
he has been serving as Minister for Federal Affairs. He currently lives in
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(12) U Tha Noe
Constituency: Rathedaung (2)
(Eligible Voters 33,843; Votes Cast 23,629; Valid Votes 18,910; Number of
Candidates 6)
Parents: U Koung San Shwe and Daw Hnin Tha Phyu
Date of Birth: 25 May 1934
Place of Birth: East Shutyokya Village, Akyab (Sittway) Tsp., Arakan State
Father: U Koung San Shwe
Mother: Daw Hnin Tha Phyu
Current Duties:
Minister of National Coalition Government of the
Member, Members of Parliament
U Tha Noe left
He studied at
U Tha Noe received 7,987
valid votes or 42 % in the 1990 elections.
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(13) U Tan Tang Lian Pau
Constituency: Tonzang
(Eligible Voters 12,899; Votes Cast 9,923; Valid Votes 9,582; Number of
Candidates 3)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Panmwarl village, Tonzang Tsp.,
Father: U Khard Khan Tang
Mother: Daw Nyaung Kyint
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Member, Federal Affairs Committee of National Coalition Government
of the
U Thang Lian Pau has a Bachelor of Science degree from
He
left
U Tan Tang Lian Pau
received 3,483 valid votes or 36 % in the 1990 elections.
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(14) U Mya Win
Constituency: Ingapu (1)
(Eligible Voters 68,286; Votes Cast 53,605;
Valid Votes 45,596; Number of Candidates 5)
Date of Birth: 9 June 1949
Place of Birth: Ingapu Tsp., Irrawaddy Division
Father: U Tun Myaing
Mother: Daw Mi Mi
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Member, Democratic Development Affairs Committee of National Coalition
Government of the
U Mya Win won Outstanding Student Award two times and two gold
medals while he studied at the No. 4 State High School in Henthada. Then he
studied Medicine at the
On
After the 1988 coup, U
Mya Win became Deputy Secretary of the Democratic United Front, however when
this party was banned by the SLORC he joined the Democracy and Peace League and
then the National League for Democracy.
(Seven Hluttaw members,
five of them from the NLD, have absconded to avoid legal action against
them.They "had taken part in a series of clandestine meetings held during
the months of September and October 1990 where the formation of a parallel
government in Mandalay and the formation of a temporary government in the
jungles were discussed". They are: U Mya Win, U Bo Hla Tint Mogok 2, U Thein Oo - Mandalay SW 2, U Hla Pe Pyawbwe
2, U Win Ko - Ye-U 2, U Peter Limbin
Pyin Oo Lwin 2 and Dr. Sann Aung Ingapu 2. (WPD_2/12/90)
U Mya Win received
30,800 valid votes or 67 % in the 1990 elections.
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Pegu Division
(15) U Hla Oo
Constituency: Kyauktaga (1)
(Eligible Voters 45,057; Votes Cast 33,352; Valid Votes 27,731; Number of
Candidates 7)
Date of Birth:
Father: U Hla Gyi
Mother: Daw Kyi Kyi
Current Duties:
Chairman, Federation of Trade Unions-Burma (FTUB)
Member, Democratic Development Affairs Committee of National Coalition
Government of the
Member, Members of Parliament
U Hla Oo fled to the Thai-Burma border and co-founded the NCGUB in
December 1990. He was appointed Minister for Labor. The SLORC declared Hla Oo a
fugitive for joining the NCGUB and charged him under Penal Code Article 512 and
the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, Articles 5 (a), (b) and (j). The Election
Commission subsequently dismissed him from Parliament on
He left
(U Hla Oo has been
declared absconder by township court: "has been working in collusion with
insurgents at Manerplaw Camp of the KNU". (WPD_25/4/91) (Election Commission
Announcement No. 921 of 30 April 1991 cancelled the election of U Hla Oo,
because "the court concerned has ruled with firm evidence that the
above-mentioned person made contact with and collaborated with the armed
insurgent organizations which formed parallel government to rise up against the
State and with members of the said organizations and that they formed
organizations to rise up against the State". (WPD_2/5/91)
U Hla Oo received 17,236
valid votes or 62 % in the 1990 elections.
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Sagaing Division
(16) U Than Sein (U Than)
Constituency: Pale (1)
(Eligible Voters 34,071; Votes Cast 26,498;
Valid Votes 23,045; Number of Candidates 3)
Date of Birth: 16 April 1950
Place of Birth: Kokkosu Village
Father: U Ba Htwe
Mother: Daw Hmone
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Member,
Democratic Development Affairs Committee of National Coalition Government of
the
U Than
Sein is currently in exile in
U Than Sein studied at
Yinmabin High School and worked as Primary School Teacher at Nyaungkai and
Padaukkone Villages in Pale Township from 1969-1976. He also worked in the
transportation industry from 1976-1990.
(Election Commission
Announcement No. 913 of
(U Than Sein has been declared absconder by the
township court: went "to
U Than Sein received 15,874 valid votes or 69 % in the
1990 elections.
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Sagaing
Division
(17) U Bo
Thaung
Constituency: Yinmabin (1)
(Eligible Voters 31,513; Votes Cast 23,399; Valid Votes 20,876; Number of
Candidates 5)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Chaung U
Father: U Yan
Mother: Daw Kyee
Current Duties:
Vice-Chairman of the National League for Democracy Liberated Area
(NLD-LA)
Member, Secretariat of National Council of the
Member, Members of Parliament
Member, Democratic Development Affairs Committee of national
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
U Bo Thaung joined the NLD after the 1988 uprising, and in 1992 he
left
U Bo Thaung studied at
U Bo Thaung received 15,647 valid votes or 75 % in the 1990
elections.
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(18) U Sai Win Pe
Constituency:Monghsu
(Eligible Voters 21,294; Votes Cast 10,221; Valid Votes 8,465; Number of
Candidates 3)
Date of Birth: 1957
Place of Birth:Taunggyi
Father; U San Pwint
Mother: Daw Hnin Ye
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Member, Federal Affairs Committee of National Coalition Government
of the
U
Sai Win Pay has a Diploma of Office Administration from
He left
U Sai Win Pe received 5,523 valid votes or 65 % in the 1990 elections.
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Magawe Division
(19) U Khin Kyaw Han
Constituency: Yenangyaung (2)
(Eligible Voters 46,692; Votes Cast 33,065; Valid Votes 30,582; Number of
Candidates 6)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Yenangyaung
Father: U Thein Han
Mother: Daw Khin Pyone
Current Duties:
Member, Presidium of National Council of the
Member, Member of Parliament
Advisor, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
U Khin Kyaw Han studied law at the
After the NLD announced its intention to convene a Parliament in
line with the 1990 election result, the SPDC imposed travel restriction order
on him, using the 1961 Habitual Criminal Offenders Act, which puts repeat
offenders on permanent bail, forcing him to sign in with local authority on a
daily basic.
He was arrested in 1992 and sentenced for three-year-imprisonment
for refusing to sign in. He was released in February 1995. He was also arrested
eleven days in May 1996, a pre-emptive attempt by the SLORC to prevent the
meeting of NLD members of parliament-elect, at Daw Aung San Suu Kyis home to
mark the sixth anniversary of its victory in the 1990 elections, the meeting is
to take place from 26 to 29 May.
He was detained again on 14 July 1998 by Military Intelligence
Unit (15) for (1081) days at so-called guest house (Detention Camp in the
compound of No.(1) Para-military troop of the No. 967 Construction Engineering
Troop under controlled by the 88th. Light Infantry Division based at
Magwe).
He
was released on
U Khin Kyaw Han received 23,516 valid votes or 77 % in the 1990 elections.
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(20) U Lian
Constituency: Haka
(Eligible Voters 19,528; Votes Cast 14,995;
Valid Votes 13,907; Number of Candidates 5)
Date of Birth:
Father: U Hmong Naw
Current
Duties:
Member,
Members of Parliament
U Lian
He worked as a higher
grade pleader from 1969-1970 and also as a High Court advocate from
1971-1990.
The Election Commission
dismissed U Lian
(U Lian
U Lian
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(21)
Dr. Zahle Tang
Constituency:
Falam (2)
(Eligible Voters 12,501; Votes Cast 9,899;
Valid Votes 9,454; Number of Candidates 3)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Parents: U Ha Yan Shin and Daw Kaw Lyan Swle
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Dr. Zahlei Thang received a medical degree at the
He
left
(Election
Commission Announcement No. 914 of
U
Zahle Tang received 4,753 valid votes or 50 % in the 1990 elections.
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(22) Nai Thaung Shein
Constituency: Kawkareik (2)
(Eligible Voters 34,854; Votes Cast 24,475;
Valid Votes 21,402; Number of Candidates 4)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Father: U Nai Kyaw
Current Duties:
Member, Members of Parliament
Nai Thaung Shein passed tenth standard in 1968 and worked as a teacher at
Naing Thaung Shein received
10,444 valid votes or 49 % in the 1990 elections.
He currently lives in
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(23) U Tun
Yi
Constituency: Sandoway (Thandwe)
(Eligible Voters 67,679; Votes Cast 53,390; Valid Votes 46,402; Number of
Candidates 6)
Date of Birth:
Parents: U Ohn Pe and Daw Sein Ei
U Tun Yi graduated from
He is a member of the NLD Central Committee and was part of the
mass NLD boycott of the SLORCs National Convention in December 1995. The
Election Commission announced on
He left
U Tun Yi received 36,789 valid votes or 79 % in the 1990 elections.
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(24) U Peter Limbin
Constituency: Pyin
Oo Lwin (2)
(Eligible Voters 39,296; Votes Cast 27,749; Valid Votes 22,806; Number of
Candidates 8)
Date of Birth:
Parents: U Limbin Htate Tin Latt
U Peter Limbin completed high school in 1962 and later worked as a
clerk, a field auditor and an accountant at the Accounting Office in the
Defense Ministry. The SLORC detained him from 23 September to
He was a member of the Maymyo NLD and treasurer for Maymyo NLD
Youth. He applied to compete as an NLD candidate for Pyin Oo Lwin 2
constituency in the 1990 election, but the NLD Central Committee chose U Khin
Maung Myint who had joined the NLD after quitting the Democracy and
After participating in meetings in
He is one of the founders of
the NCGUB and is a former coalition Foreign Minister. He was replaced on
(Seven Hluttaw members, five
of them from the NLD, have absconded to avoid legal action against them.Thet
"had taken part in a series of clandestine meetings held during the months
of September and October, 1990 where the formation of a parallel government in
Mandalay and the formation of a temporary government in the jungles were
discussed". They are: U Peter Limbin, U Bo Hla Tint Mogok 2, U Thein Oo
Mandalay SW 2, U Hla Pe Pyawbwe 2, U Win Ko Ye U 2, U Mya Win Ingapu 1
and Dr. Sann Aung Indep. Ingapu 2 . (WPD_5/12/90)
U Peter Limbin received 6943
valid votes or 30 % in the 1990 elections.
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Pegu Division
(25) U Tun Oo
Constituency: Kyaukkyi
(Eligible Voters 43,167; Votes Cast 23,512; Valid Votes 20,343; Number of
Candidates 3)
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Kyaukkyi
Parents: U Maung Kyin and Daw San Yee
U Tun Oo
graduated in Civil Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology in 1979,
and worked as an assistant engineer until 1988. During the 1988 uprising he was
Chairman of the
U Tun Oo left
(U Tun Oo has been
declared absconder by township court: went to "the Manerplaw Camp of KNU
insurgents and joined Dr. Sein Wins interim government". (WPD_25/4/91)
U Tun Oo received 14,461
valid votes or 71 % in the 1990 elections.