Election
- Analysis
Between resistance and the ballot box: Assessing the second phase of Myanmar’s junta-controlled elections
Unfolding amid ongoing conflict and territorial fragmentation, the second phase will deliver an outcome even less meaningful than the first
- Opinion
Few people voted in Myanmar’s junta election—and history explains why
From independence to dictatorship, participation has risen when elections mattered—and collapsed when they were staged. The 2025 vote fits the pattern.
- News
Party allied with junta fails to win seats in first phase of election
The People’s Pioneer Party led by former junta minister Thet Thet Khine has thus far failed to win any parliamentary seats in the ongoing, multiphase election
- News
Airstrikes and attacks continue as Myanmar junta presses ahead with election
The attacks, by both regime and resistance forces, highlight the ongoing violence in the country amid military-organised polls
- In-Depth
Across Myanmar, indifference—and unspoken defiance—to a sham election
As the military strong-arms the country’s citizens to go to the polls, few can muster any real interest in the outcome
