Myanmar Junta Kicks Off Second Phase of Multi-Party General Election
Military leader Min Aung Hlaing personally monitored ballot casting at sites in Yangon's Hlaing and Insein townships while the second voting round unfolded across 12 of the nation's 14 administrative divisions.
The regime is executing its multi-party vote in three separate phases. Polling kicked off December 28 in 102 townships—marking the first ballots cast since the military's 2021 power seizure—with a final round slated for January 25 across 63 additional townships, Xinhua News reported.
Initial results from the opening phase saw the Union Election Commission (UEC) announce that over 100 representatives secured seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House), more than 30 won positions in the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House), and north of 100 gained election to regional and state legislative bodies.
The three-stage vote will fill seats across the Union Parliament—which encompasses both the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw—alongside regional and state assemblies. Once assembled, the newly constituted Union Parliament will designate a president tasked with forming a fresh Union government.
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), which had governed Myanmar following its November 2020 electoral victory, was toppled in the military takeover. The coup thrust the Southeast Asian nation into emergency rule that has now extended beyond four years.
Myanmar's legislature operates with a bicameral structure totaling 664 seats: 440 allocated to the lower chamber and 224 to the upper chamber.
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