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

Myanmar’s military-backed party claims strong lead in election’s first phase

The political party backed by Myanmar’s ruling military claims it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years. Read More

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power, but observers say the vote is a sham

Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country's general election, the first since the 2021 military coup. International observers and opponents of military rule call the vote ... Read More

Myanmar to hold first general election in 5 years as criticism of military rule mounts

The military is framing the vote as a return to multiparty democracy after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government four years ago. Read More

Polls open for Myanmar's first general election in 5 years

Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule. Final results are expected to be announced in late January. Read More

Tepid early turnout in Myanmar election

Voters in Myanmar cast their ballots in apparently low numbers in a general election, the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021. Read More

Myanmar’s controversial elections begin amid violence and low turnout

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, which won the previous two elections by a landslide, is banned from participating ... 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

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 concludes first phase of post-coup elections amid tight security

Voting in the first phase of Myanmar’s general election — the first since the military coup in February 2021 — concluded on Sunday, state media and observers reported, as the junta-organized polls ... 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