Election Articles
March 17, 2021
January 11, 2021
December 10, 2020
The dream of over one million people to exercise their democratic rights and have their votes counted in conflict-plagued Arakan (Rakhine), has been...
November 24, 2020
More than 1.2 out of over 1.6 million voters were deprived of their votes in the November Election in Arakan State, due to the cancellation of...
November 24, 2020
The dominance of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) has swept the board winning over 83 percent of all seats, is clear proof that ethnic...
November 19, 2020
The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) secured the majority of constituencies in Kachin State in spite of widespread expectations that the...
November 12, 2020
It was not expected that the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) would secure such a landslide victory in Chin State. Rather stiff competition...
October 23, 2020
The number of No-Vote areas in the 2020 General Election hits a record number compared to the numbers in the previous elections and deals a bitter...
October 22, 2020
In spite of the ceasefire agreement between the Burmese army and the Karen National Union (KNU) the UEC has still excluded 53 village-tracts in six...
October 20, 2020
Five ethnic parties have issued a six-point joint-statement on 18 October, calling on the Union Election Commission (UEC) to review the...
October 17, 2020
Leaders of ethnic parties are facing many obstacles during the campaign at a time when there are only about 20 days left until Election Day. There is...
August 28, 2020
Poet Mone Aung’s pen name is familiar in Karen literature. But he is much better known as a lawmaker than a poet. Currently Saw Thura Aung (his real...
August 12, 2020
The Shan State is the largest land area in Myanmar, with an area of 60,155 square miles. It is teeming with natural resources and potential for...
