Election 2015

Election Features
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NUG pledges cooperation to bring justice for crimes against Rohingya, other minorities  
Arakan National Pary (ANP) campaigning in Pauktaw in Rakhine State on 1 November, 2015. Photo: DMG/Mizzima
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06 November 2015
With Rohingya disenfranchised, NLD takes on...
Soe Win, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate, ...
A family of Kamans including Than Win, the MP candidate running for a seat in the Rakhine State parliament seen in front of their home in Thandwe. Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now
News
06 November 2015
Myanmar’s Kaman Muslims look to elections to...
In October two years ago, Zaw Lin ran to the top of a forested hill behind his thatch-...
Dr Aye Maung Photo: Myanmar Now
News
06 November 2015
Arakan National Party chairman confident a strong...
Aye Maung is the chairman of the Arakan National Party (ANP), ...
A woman on a balcony in an apartment block in Thinganggyun Township, Yangon, with USDP campaign material bearing the president's image, on Nov. 3. (PHOTO: Myanmar Now/Phyo Thiha Cho) 
News
06 November 2015
Ruling USDP commands shy support in Myanmar’s...
Twenty-two-year-old Lu Zaw took a day’s leave from his office job this week to join a...
Election observers of the European Union (EU) inspect ballot boxes for advance voting at a polling station of South Oakkalarpa township, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
05 November 2015
EU Election Observation Mission deploys 62 short-...
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Republic of the Union of...
News
05 November 2015
In Myanmar, not all votes are created equal
When millions of Myanmar citizens go to the polls on Nov. 8, many will be hoping their...
NLD chairperson speaks to the media during a press conference for the upcoming general elections at her house in Yangon on 5 November 2015.  Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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05 November 2015
Suu Kyi says she will run government if NLD wins...
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she would be “above the...
Supporters participate during a rally to mark the victory of the passing of ‘Race and Religion Protection Laws,’ in Mandalay on 21 September 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
News
05 November 2015
UN calls upon Myanmar Government to hold...
The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, ...
Rohingya, Muslim men check their names on final voter list displayed at Dar Baing Internally Displaced Parsons (IDPs) camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
04 November 2015
Rohingya ‘excluded’ from Myanmar election contest
Politicians with ties to Myanmar's Muslim ethnic Rohingya have accused the government of...
USDP campaigning in Mandalay on October 23, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
News
04 November 2015
Myanmar’s election fundamentally flawed – HRW
Myanmar’s parliamentary election slated for November 8, 2015, is fundamentally flawed,...
Myanmar president Thein Sein (C) followed by Myanmar military commender in chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (C-L), gestures as he arrives Sittwe airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
04 November 2015
Myanmar president warns of Arab Spring-style...
A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the spectre of...
COM, election observation team during a press conference in Yangon on October 2, 2015. Photo: Hein Ko Soe/Mizzima
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04 November 2015
Myanmar voters yearn for change as poll looms
When hundreds of election observers fan out across Myanmar for Sunday's landmark poll,...

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