 His party contested all the electoral seats available for the state in both Houses of Parliament and the state legislature, and had won 35 out of 44 seats in the elections.Dr Aye Maung had personally won a seat for the Rakhine State No.1 constituency in the Amyotha Hluttaw, and assumed his role as member of parliament on 1 February 2011.In the run-up to the 2015 general elections, Dr Aye Maung announced his intentions to secure the position of Chief Minister for his party, as well as to dominate the state legislature, in a direct challenge to the two main contenders the Union Solidarity Development Party and the National League for Democracy.