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) 
A dozen organizations have called on the military to avoid political instability and allow a...
Published on Jan 30, 2021
An NLD candidate canvasses in Mong Kung township on September 9. (Sai Tsai Wan/Facebook) 
The decision to call off polling in the southern Shan township will disenfranchise nearly 60,000 people
Nov 2, 2020
Pyithu Hluttaw candidate Hnin Hnin Hmway is seen at her party's Botahtaung township office on October 10 (Myo Set Pai/Myanmar Now)
Robbed of her own youth, Hnin Hnin Hmway is running on a promise to improve young people’s prospects for a better life
Oct 31, 2020
Photo : Min Min/Myanmar Now
People in quarantine centers and those stranded due to travel restrictions will also be allowed to vote early
Oct 29, 2020
A file photo of Myanmar soldiers on patrol in Rakhine state (Reuters)
Candidates believe military proxy party will walk to victory after ‘unfair’ decision by election officials
Oct 29, 2020
Several political parties met with state election commission officials on October 26. (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now)
State election body has done the right thing but national commission ‘must respond promptly’ to allow voting, says one Rakhine party
Oct 28, 2020
USDP supporters gather for a rally in Natogyi township, Mandalay region, on October 25.
The lyrics of the song were changed to portray NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a race traitor and enemy of Buddhism
Oct 28, 2020
The mVoter 2020 app (Photo: Kyaw Lin Htoon/Myanmar Now)
International IDEA said in a private letter that the app may ‘infringe on human rights and adversely affect election security’
Oct 28, 2020
Hmwe Hmwe Khin, who became Sagaing’s Shan ethnic affairs minister in 2015, is running again this year with hopes of remaining in the position. (Hmwe Hmwe Khin/Facebook)
As minister for ethnic Shan affairs in Sagaing region, Hmwe Hmwe Khin hopes to continue working for her people
Oct 27, 2020
Children walk through Je Yang IDP camp, located near Laiza (Ring Nu Awng/Myanmar Now)
In areas where war remains a constant threat, elections look increasingly meaningless as long as the 2008 constitution remains in place
Oct 27, 2020
USDP supporters seen during the clash in Karbo, Sagaing region (Supplied)
Myo Min Soe died two days after being severely beaten by rioters in Karbo village
Oct 26, 2020
USDP central executive committee member Maung Myint and nationalist activist Khin Wine Kyi are seen at an event in Kawhmu township in Feburary (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Incumbent MP Maung Myint told constituents that the NLD has 42 Muslims running for office and suggested they had a sinister agenda
Oct 23, 2020
KSPP supporters take part in a campaign rally in Myitkyina, Kachin state, on October 17. (KSPP Youth)
Most of the affected areas are unoccupied due to conflict, inhabited by IDPs, or controlled by armed groups
Oct 21, 2020

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