Election 2015

Election Features
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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...
Special Police training in Maha Aungmye Township, Mandalay on October 20, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
News
06 November 2015
Security tightened in Yangon Region
The Myanmar Police Force has tightened security in Yangon Region, putting the region on ‘...
National League for Democracy party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to local and foreign media during a press conference for the upcoming general elections at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, 5 November 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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06 November 2015
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says don’t ‘exaggerate’...
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday said it was important not to "...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of the Myanmar Army talks during the meeting with journalists at Commander in Chief office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 21 September 2015. Photo: EPA
News
06 November 2015
Myanmar elections: Who are the key players?
Myanmar votes on November 8. These are the key players:
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, ...
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
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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...
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
News
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,...
People walking in a street in Mawlamyine city, Mon State, Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Mizzima
News
04 November 2015
As polls near, attacks in Mon State capital raise...
Several unexplained night-time attacks on members of different ...
Vimala Buddhi at his monastery in Mawlamyine, Mon State, on Oct. 13. (PHOTO:- Myanmar Now/Phyo Thiha Cho)
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04 November 2015
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi not ready to govern, says...
The low monotone of maroon-robed monks reciting Buddhist scriptures mingles with the...

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