With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta’s favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win.

Beijing’s envoy Deng Xijun said the military’s widely condemned poll is the product of top-level agreements, underscoring China’s strategic stakes in Myanmar.

Analysts suggest the primary goal of the election is to transition junta chief Min Aung Hlaing into a “civilian” presidency. This would provide a legalistic framework to end the state of emergency in ...

As the generals smile for cameras, people stay home—or cast ballots under fear—as the military stages a rigged poll to ...

A source from the military-proxy USDP said the party is on course to win, as critics and voters voiced deep distrust of the ...

Many shops were shuttered and homes locked in Mandalay city as a trickle of voters turned out amid tight security after a resistance rocket attack overnight.

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.

Resistance forces in Mandalay and Karen State’s Myawaddy attack regime installations with homemade rockets and bombs ahead of nationwide polls.

Myanmar was plunged into civil war by the military’s 2021 coup, and it instituted conscription two years ago to bolster its ranks as it battles resistance groups as well as ethnic minority armies that ...

Early voter turnout is thin as polling stations open for the first phase of staggered elections that have been widely dismissed as a sham.

Myanmar junta lifts Yangon's curfew days before its sham elections—claiming "stability" amid ongoing civil war and repression.

On Jan. 25, the junta hopes, another 63 townships will go to the polls, whether its writ runs there or not. But even that is ...