2020 Election

2020 Election

Elderly family members of Tatmadaw personnel wait to cast advance votes ahead of last year’s November 8 election. (Yan Moe Naing / Myanmar Now) 
Domestic election observers urge all parties to accept result of vote
A dozen organizations have called on the military to avoid political instability and allow a...
Published on Jan 30, 2021
Photo : Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now
The generals cast their votes in Naypyitaw 
Military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top generals cast their votes on Sunday morning at the No. 1 polling station in Anawrahta ward in Naypyitaw's Zeyar...
Nov 8, 2020
Chaos breaks out during a Ma Ba Tha rally in Yangon’s Seikkyi Kanaungto township on November 7.
Ma Ba Tha nationalists hold pre-election rally to ‘protect national religion’ 
Officials say the rally, held the day before a national election, was unauthorized and in violation of campaign regulations
Nov 8, 2020
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing raises his inked finger after voting in Naypyitaw’s Zeya Thiri township on Sunday morning (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing vows to accept election results after public spat with government 
Comments come after week of tension with government that led to speculation of a possible coup
Nov 8, 2020
Photo - Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now
Myanmar goes to the polls, with the NLD’s mandate at stake
The ruling NLD will need 322 seats in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to form a government, but the rival USDP could take power with just 156 seats if it joins forces with military-appointed MPs
Nov 8, 2020
Photo : S Yarzar Aung
Karen people vote inside territory controlled by KNU's armed wing
Karen people cast their ballots in Kamai Kon village, Kawkareik township, Karen state. The area is under the control of the Karen National Union's armed wing, the Karen National...
Nov 8, 2020
KNDP members campaign in villages in Hlaingbwe township in September. (Nan Aye Mya Marlar/Facebook)
Voting to go ahead in all of Hlaingbwe for the first time
The Karen National Union, which has its headquarters in the township, won’t be taking part in the election, however
Nov 7, 2020
Election workers prepare for advanced polling in Yangon on October 29. (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now) 
Advance voters in Magway forced to cast ballots again after address mix-up
Election officials decided to scrap votes cast at three polling stations because of incorrectly labelled ballots
Nov 6, 2020
A member of the Mro ethnic group at a camp for displaced people in Kyauktaw, Rakhine state (Kyaw Lin Htoon/Myanmar Now)
‘Our voice has been killed’ - Rakhine’s smaller ethnic groups shut out of political process by vote cancellations 
Already marginalised and forgotten, state’s minority groups now face even less hope of being represented in Naypyitaw
Nov 6, 2020
Drug lord Khun Sa’s former confidante Sai Mon is contesting in the upcoming election as a USDP candidate. 
A Khun Sa confidante sets his sights on parliament as a USDP candidate
Former militia leader Sai Mon looks to use his influence in eastern Shan state to win respectability as an MP
Nov 6, 2020
Election workers carry portable polling stations in Yangon’s Thingangyun township on November 1, during advance polling for elderly voters. (Kyaw Lin Htoon/Myanmar Now)
Human rights defenders slam Myanmar’s ‘apartheid’ election
Poll will be less free and fair than in 2015 amid mass disenfranchisement of ethnic minorities, advocates say
Nov 5, 2020
A nationalist campaigner hands out stickers in Mandalay (Supplied)
Police question nationalists over stickers urging voters to choose candidates to ‘protect race and religion’ 
Budhist nationalist campaigners took to the streets in Yangon and Mandalay on Tuesday morning
Nov 4, 2020
PPP supporters put party flags and stickers on vehicles on September 12 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
The PPP, a party of NLD defectors, military men, and ultranationalists 
The People’s Pioneer Party seeks ‘national reconciliation’ with the Tatmadaw, but takes a less conciliatory stance on minorities
Nov 4, 2020

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