Election News

European Union Election Observation Mission Chief Observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and team observered during election day in Yangon. Photo: European Union Election Observation Mission Myanmar
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05 December 2015
EU election monitors due to finish their job
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02 November 2015
UN chief concerned by continuous exercise of hate...
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed ...
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02 November 2015
Huge crowds gather for NLD rally
Tens of thousands of supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered in...
Phyu Phyu Nyunt, NUP candidate for the Yangon Region Parliament. (PHOTO:- Ei Cherry Aung/Myanmar Now) 
Election News
01 November 2015
“Some people are surprised our party has survived”
Phyu Phyu Nyunt is a Yangon Region parliament candidate for the National Unity Party (NUP...
U Naing Ngan Lin, member of Myanmar parliament and candidate of NLD party, at Yangon General Hospital on 29 October 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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01 November 2015
NLD candidates attacked by men with machetes
An opposition candidate for the NLD suffered serious injuries after he and three others...
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30 October 2015
The election observers in Myanmar: An animated...
For the upcoming General Elections, the Union Election Commission has invited...
Myanmar national, who gave his name only as Frankie (R), and fellow Burmese San Mint (2-R) show their passport and ID card as they queue outside the Myanmar Embassy waiting for their turn to vote early in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 October 2015. Photo: Diego Azubel/EPA
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30 October 2015
Advance voting kicks off in Myanmar
Advance voting kicked-off in Myanmar on Thursday for those unable to cast a ballot in...
NLD Central Executive Committee member U Win Htein. Photo: Mizzima
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29 October 2015
NLD confident of winning majority of seats in...
The National League for Democracy (NLD) led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has...
Members of Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) attend their party's election campaign in Yangon on 10 October 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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29 October 2015
Myanmar’s army-backed party bullish despite Suu...
With no little swagger, Myanmar's army-backed ruling party has hit the campaign trail...
Party supporters cheer as they gather to listen to NLD candidate Zayar Thaw during his election campaign in Nay Pyi Taw on 27 October 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
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28 October 2015
Myanmar election monitors voice poll concerns
International monitors in Myanmar voiced concerns Wednesday over next month's crunch...
Women and children from Holan village in Kengtung Tonwship, in the east of Shan State, scan a pamphlet distributed by the Democratic Party (Myanmar) in 2010. Photo: Mizzima
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28 October 2015
UEC to suspend election in two townships in Shan...
The Union Election Commission announced on Tuesday that it will not hold the 8 November...
PaO National Organization party campaigning in Pinlong Township, Shan State in October, 2015. Photo: Khun Sun Oo
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28 October 2015
PaO candidates say they are victims of deliberate...
A driver in Shan State attempted to deliberately crash his car head-on into a vehicle...
Special Police training in Maha Aungmye Township, Mandalay on October 20, 2015.  Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
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28 October 2015
Myanmar trains controversial ‘election police’ in...
In a makeshift classroom in downtown Yangon, rows of uniformed men listened to lessons on...

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