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In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls.

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Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar's first election in 5 years

The Canadian Press on MSN · 1h

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

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Weak turnout seen in Myanmar's phased election, first since 2021 coup

Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll's credibility, the initial round of Myanmar's phased general election closed on Sunday, with signs of low voter turnout for the first polls si...

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War-torn Myanmar voting in widely criticised 'sham' election

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Myanmar’s controversial elections begin amid violence and low turnout

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Conflict and fear sap campaign energy ahead of Myanmar election

Although the junta insists the election has popular backing, the vote has been widely criticised by the United Nations, Western governments and human rights groups as an attempt by the military to ent...

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Myanmar heads to the polls for first election since military seized power

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Polls open for Myanmar's first general election in 5 years

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Myanmar’s military junta holds elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government,

Xinhuanet

Feature: Myanmar voters cast votes in first phase of election to open new chapter of hope

At 6 a.m., voting officially began. Voters entered the polling stations, where they proceeded through security checks, identity verification and signing procedures before casting their ballots for the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House), Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) and State and Region Hluttaws (State and Region Parliaments).

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Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.

'Unfair election': young voters absent from Myanmar polls; overall tepid turnout

The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday's military-run poll,

Xinhuanet

First phase of Myanmar's general election concludes

YANGON, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Voting for the first phase of Myanmar's 2025 multi-party democratic general election concluded on Sunday afternoon. Voting began at 6 a.m. local time on Sunday. At 4 p.m., an election official at a polling station in Yangon's Kyauktada township announced the closure of the polling station.

Poetry, song bridge cultures at China-Myanmar friendship event in Yangon

On Wednesday morning, poetry and song became more than performances. They became a bridge between the two neighboring nations. The classical poetry recitation and musical concert, jointly organized by China's Guangxi Radio and Television and Myanmar Radio and Television under Myanmar's Ministry of Information,

Sunday polls bring hopes to Myanmar, junta says on election eve

Myanmar kicks off its three-phase general elections on Sunday, with the government promising it will mark a "turning a new page for Myanmar".