US EditionMyanmar Election Delivers Victory for Military-Backed Party Amid Civil War
The Union and Solidarity Development Party won 232 of 263 contested lower house seats amid civil war and restricted voting, with turnout at 55%, officials said.
- The Union and Solidarity Development Party completed a sweeping victory in Myanmar's three-phase general election, winning 232 of 263 Pyithu Hluttaw seats and 109 of 157 Amyotha Hluttaw seats after voting ended in late January.
- Under Myanmar's political system, the military holds 25% of parliamentary seats, the USDP acts as a Tatmadaw proxy, and the National League for Democracy was dissolved after the Feb 1, 2021 coup.
- Voting took place in 263 of Myanmar's 330 townships despite cancellations due to fighting between the military, armed ethnic groups and local resistance forces, with 1,018 USDP candidates contesting.
- Myanmar's parliament is expected to convene in March to elect a president, with a new government taking office in April, while junta chief Min Aung Hlaing defends the polls as supported by the public, pro-military Eleven Media Group reported earlier this month.
- Turnout reached around 55% over all three phases, down from around 70% in previous elections, while around 3.6 million people have been displaced, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations declined to endorse the process.
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