Election Commission

Election Commission

The hearings will be held at the UEC’s headquarters in Naypyitaw from February 1 (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
Election commission to begin hearings for USDP complaints against winning NLD candidates 
The USDP candidates alleging electoral fraud and irregularities lost to their NLD opponents by...
Published on Jan 21, 2021
Several political parties met with state election commission officials on October 26. (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now)
Rakhine officials ask election commission to reconsider decision to cancel voting in four townships
State election body has done the right thing but national commission ‘must respond promptly’ to allow voting, says one Rakhine party
Oct 28, 2020
NLD MPs are seen after a parliamentary meeting in March. (Photo- Nyan Hlaing Lin/ Myanmar Now)
NLD candidate selection begins for 2020 elections
New selection process begins at the township level but still gives final say to central executive committee
Jun 2, 2020
A woman casts a vote in a 2018 byelection in Yangon. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/ Myanmar Now)
Elections on for 2020, says election commission
Some feel Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings will hurt smaller campaigns, entrench incumbent advantage
May 5, 2020
Voters arrive at a military hospital in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township on 8 November 2015.
Election Commission Submits Military Voting Law Amendments
The amendments will move polling places for military members and their families outside of barracks, where they can be monitored.
Nov 6, 2019