Polls open for Myanmar's first election since military seized power

The election comes as civil war continues to grip the country, following the ousting of elected government in 2021.

Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote in sham election, UN says

Prominent cultural figures have been handed harsh years-long prison sentences for questioning a state propaganda film ...

Polls close in first ballot of Myanmar's general election since military seized power in 2021 coup

Final results are expected to be announced by February after two more rounds of voting are completed, but the ballot is ...

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 ...

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

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a ...

Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar's first election in 5 years

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, ...
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Myanmar pro-military party 'winning' junta-run poll first phase: source

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party is "winning a majority" in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source told ...
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'Unfair election': young voters absent from Myanmar polls

The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from ...