The military-backed party claims to have won 90 per cent of the available seats so far in a poll activists have derided as ‘engineered’.

The elections are being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar’s junta-led election is not free or fair. Yet despite banned opposition, mass displacement, and severe repression, the staged poll is already granting the military dangerous international

Voter turnout hits record lows in the first round of Myanmar's military-backed election, with the USDP claiming a predicted victory. Analysts dismiss the process as rigged ahead of the second round of voting on Jan.

In late December, Myanmar’s military rulers opened a month-long election that has been the subject of widespread criticism for excluding opponents of the junta that seized power almost four years ago.

Myanmar’s junta pardoned over 6,000 prisoners, including ex-minister Ye Htut and model Nang Mwe San, amid a contested election widely condemned as a sham.