UEC announces applications for by-election observers

UEC announces applications for by-election observers
(File) People line up to cast their votes at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
(File) People line up to cast their votes at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA

 

The Union Election Commission announced yesterday that election observers at home and abroad can apply to the UEC for the right to observe the 3 November by-elections for vacant parliamentary seats with effect from 6th June to 18th October, according to state media.

The UEC released dates and vacant constituencies for the by-elections on 8th May and time schedules for targeted working processes on 25 May.

The UEC announced Order 1/2016 for local observers and Order 2/2016 for international observers on 31 October 2016.

More news from Mizzima
March 6, 2026
Long vehicle queues have paralyzed the administrative capital as residents scramble for fuel...
March 5, 2026
Approximately 3,000 residents from seven villages in southwestern Aunglan Township, Magway...
March 4, 2026
The Myanmar junta has granted amnesty to a total of 10,162 prisoners comprising 7,337...
March 2, 2026
General Maung Maung Aye, Chairman of the Central Body for Summoning People’s Military Servants...