The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union) comprises two houses, the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives, the lower house) and the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities, the upper house). Both are directly elected by universal suffrage at the same time every five years, and have similar powers, with neither house being able to overrule the other. Legislative proposals have to be approved by each house; if one disagrees with the other, a combined vote of the two is taken.
Parliamentary elections use a UK-style ‘first past the post’ system with one seat per constituency, won by the candidate with the largest number of votes.
A quarter of members in each house are not elected but appointed by the military.
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