Elections

Elections

Eleven union and Yangon region MP candidates, backed by farmer and labour groups, speak at a July 6 press conference at the Sky Hotel in Hlaing Tharyar township. (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
‘We will bring the voices of farmers and workers into the parliament’ - Independent candidates contesting seats in migrant-heavy constituencies 
Eleven candidates, backed by farmer and labour groups, contesting union and regional seats in...
Published on Jul 8, 2020
Leaders from Arakan National Party hold a meeting at party headquarters in Sittwe, Rakhine state, in October 2019 (Photo: Arakan National Party)
Election 2020: Arakan National Party says it will keep dominant position in Rakhine despite conflict, pandemic
The party won the third largest share of the national vote in 2015 and is confident Rakhine nationalist sentiment will secure similar results this year
Jul 3, 2020
Retired army generals attend the fifth central committee meeting of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in September 2019. (Photo- Union Solidarity and Development Party Facebook Page)
USDP says it’s no longer favouring retired military officials as MP candidates 
Following NLD’s lead, the military-aligned party says it will select candidates from lists from township constituencies
Jul 1, 2020
A netizen scrolls through the USDP Facebook page (Photo- Myo Set Paing/ Myanmar Now)
Facebook shaping up as main election battleground in Covid-19 era
With large gatherings banned, campaigns will shift focus to Myanmar’s 22 million social media users, raising new questions for election commission
Jun 30, 2020
Kachin State People's Party(KSPP) Headquarter in Myitkyina, Kachin State (KSPP Facebook Page)
‘We merged and we won’ - ethnic parties set aside differences to claw back seats from NLD
Feeling ignored by the governing NLD, ethnic parties are unifying before the upcoming election—but some alliances remain tenuous
Nov 13, 2019