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Pro-USDP protestors march in Naypyitaw ahead of election certification
Supporters of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) marched in the...
Published on Jan 29, 2021
Maung Myint speaks to an audience in Kawhmu township in Yangon region on February 22, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw / Myanmar Now)
USDP candidate who used religion to attack NLD yet to be tried
No action has been taken against former MP Maung Myint more than two months after he was charged
Jan 28, 2021
USDP supporters take part in a campaign event in Yangon region’s Seikgyi Kha Naung To township on November 6, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw / Myanmar Now)
USDP candidates send blitz of letters demanding release of voter lists
The move is the latest salvo in the military proxy party’s ongoing effort to challenge the legitimacy of last year’s election
Jan 23, 2021
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 between 24,000 and 250,000 votes
Jan 21, 2021
USDP chair Than Htay gives a speech at a central executive committee meeting in September 2019 (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
USDP leadership faces shake-up at party conference planned for August 
Party chair Than Htay will finish his five-year term in August and it is not yet clear if he will run for re-election
Jan 14, 2021
A USDP campaigner gives a mask to an NLD supporter during the run up to the 2020 election. (Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
President’s Office spokesperson warns election critics that they are committing ‘political suicide’
The remarks come after months of attempts by the military’s proxy party to cast doubt on the outcome of an election that delivered a landslide victory to the ruling party
Jan 8, 2021
Supporters of the USDP march in Naypyidaw ahead of polling day last month (Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now) 
USDP spends $75,000 on election complaints against almost 200 NLD MPs
USDP spokesperson says democratic culture is being ‘emasculated’ after filing complaints about 'irregularities' during November 8 poll
Dec 29, 2020
Arkar Lin, center, is seen at the 8th Danu meeting ceremony in March 2018. (Photo: Myat Moe Thu / Myanmar Now) 
Losing NLD candidate accuses USDP rival of using religion to win seat in Shan state
The NLD candidate for Pindaya township says an influential monk turned voters against him because his wife is Christian
Dec 18, 2020
Voters’ pinky fingers were inked after their ballots were cast to prevent them from voting more than once. (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
USDP accuses local officials, villagers in Mandalay region of voting offenses 
The military-backed opposition party has pressed multiple charges against 11 people for alleged election-related violations
Nov 26, 2020
The USDP holds a press conference at its office on Thanlwin road in Yangon on November 11. (Myanmar Now)
UEC dismisses USDP’s calls for new election
Officials ruled out redoing last week’s election, which delivered a devastating defeat to the military-backed opposition party
Nov 12, 2020
Myint Naing (center) at a press conference in Naypyitaw on November 11 (Nyan Hlaing Lin / Myanmar Now)
Election commission says final results due by Sunday, calls USDP demand to hold vote again ‘deluded’ 
Commission invited USDP to make a legal complaint but said the NLD has won most seats declared so far
Nov 12, 2020
Graphic – (Moe Htet Hlyan/Myanmar Now)
USDP chair wins Pyithu Hluttaw seat in Naypyitaw
Zeyathiri township in Naypyitaw is a stronghold of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party
Nov 9, 2020
Graphics (Moe Htet Hlyan/Myanmar Now)
USDP’s Soe Thein, ex-minister accused of buying votes in 2015, wins re-election in Kayah state 
Former President’s Office minister once again beat the NLD in Bawlakhe, where he has given away free cars
Nov 9, 2020

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