Elections News Myanmar’s Military Leader Announces Dates For General Election

Myanmar is set to hold phased elections. Here's why they're being called a 'sham'

Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of the U.N. says the vote will be anything but free and fair. Read More

Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy ... Read More

Myanmar's military to hold first general election in five years boycotted by opponents; AP explains

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years after a military coup and civil war. Critics say the vote will neither restore the country's fragile ... Read More

Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

Myanmar's junta is set to preside over voting starting Sunday, touting heavily restricted polls as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil war. Read More

Myanmar Junta Pushes Ahead With Phased General Election Amid Escalating Civil War and Widespread International Condemnation

Myanmar’s military-led administration is set to begin a multi-phased general election on Sunday, pressing ahead with polls that many analysts, Western governments and human rights groups have ... Read More

More 'instability and insecurity': What Myanmar’s first military-run elections in 5 years mean

Junta set to hold three-phased elections in 265 of country's 330 townships on Dec. 28, Jan. 11 and Jan. 25 - Anadolu Ajansı ... Read More

Myanmar finalises schedule for general election ballots

The first round of ballots is scheduled for December 28, 2025, with a second round due on January 11. However, the timeline for vote counting and the announcement of election results has not yet been ... Read More

As Myanmar goes to polls, country's junta will witness a shift from battlefield to ballots

Myanmar is all set to conduct its first general election in five years after seizing power in a coup. The question about the future of the junta and its chief, Min Aung Hlaing, remains hanging ... Read More

Myanmar’s military will no doubt win this month’s sham elections. But could a shake-up follow?

Nicholas Coppel is affiliated with the Australia Myanmar Institute, a not-for-profit group, and is a former Australian ambassador to Myanmar. Myanmar’s military regime has announced elections will be ... Read More

Myanmar: Repressive tactics intensify before junta-imposed elections

Preparations for this weekend’s first round of junta-imposed elections in Myanmar have resulted in unlawful attacks that may amount to war crimes as well ... Read More