Election news

September 1, 2020
Saw Tun Lin’s ambition to run in the election turned into a complicated story starting out as a NLD party member who opted to join for the rival...
September 1, 2020
Ethnic parties have made several mergers in their respective states in a bid to win more seats in the 2020 election. The formation of loose...
August 31, 2020
A plan is under way to issue voter certificates to the people who have no NRC cards in Shan State, said U Htin Kyaw, Chair of the Shan State Election...
August 31, 2020
Extra police officers will be recruited to cover the 890 polling stations in Kachin State for the 2020 election. Captain U Kyaw Zin of the Kachin...
August 28, 2020
Mon State Election Commission has rejected an independent candidate due to the letter sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Although the election...
August 28, 2020
Arakan State Election Commission plans to prepare for the spread of the COVID-19 virus by relocating some polling stations to playgrounds. In...
August 27, 2020
The voting of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Arakan State depends on the security situation according to Daw Tin Hlaing, Chair of the Arakan...
August 27, 2020
The number of women candidates who have registered to run for the seat in Yangon Region Karen Ethnic Affairs Constituency in the upcoming election...
August 27, 2020
The KIA’s Colonel Naw Bu (the Kachin Independence Army) told BNI they will not allow the election campaign inside its controlled areas as it stands...
August 26, 2020
The Arakan State Election Sub-Commission has turned down appeals lodged by five Muslim candidates in Sittwe and Maungdaw Districts. The candidates...
August 26, 2020
U Tin Oo, a member of the USDP (Union Solidarity and Development Party) in Kyah State has complained “It is wrong if the UEC bans the canvassing...
August 26, 2020
Only a few hundred Muslim people are included in the lists of voters in Arakan State, according to locals. U Abu Kar Hay from Nyaungchaung village-...