Election 2020

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YRTA orders city buses not to display political parties’ logos and campaign stickers
Election 2020
17 September 2020
YRTA orders city buses not to display political parties’ logos and campaign stickers
Calls grow for Myanmar election delay as coronavirus cases spike
SNLD has no difficulties in election campaigns as it chooses candidates from local residents
Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
Election 2020
15 September 2020
Democratic countries protect and allow ‘no vote’ campaigns
(File) A woman casts her vote in a by-election in a polling station in Dagon Seikkan township, eastern Yangon on April 1, 2017. Photo: AFP
Election 2020
12 September 2020
UN calls for all ethnicities to take part in Myanmar election
Myanmar police forces stand guard on the street as they patrol around the downtown area in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 26 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
Election 2020
12 September 2020
Parties have yet to start electoral campaigns in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) and President Win Myint (L) wear face shields and masks at a flag-raising ceremony for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party to mark the first day of election campaigning in Naypyidaw on September 8, 2020. Photo: Thet Aung/AFP
Election 2020
08 September 2020
Election countdown starts in Myanmar under virus shadow
Myitkyina Education Centre for The Blind in Myitkyina, Kachin State.
Election 2020
08 September 2020
People with disabilities in Kachin should get National ID cards - Headmaster of school for blind
(File) Visually impaired persons are accompanied by their helpers as they cast their votes at a polling station of the Myit Kyee Na township, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: EPA
Election 2020
08 September 2020
Special polling stations to be arranged for disabled
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the Union Election Commission Office after her candidacy registration at Thanlyin township in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 August 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Election 2020
07 September 2020
State Counsellor cancels election campaign event
(File) A staff member of Myanmar Election Commission prepares ballot papers as people wait during advance voting at a polling station of Myit Kyi Na township in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 07 November 2015. Photo: EPA
Election 2020
06 September 2020
20 more poll stations to be established in Kachin

Youth & Elections

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Enthusiastic young voters practised how to vote at a mock polling station at an exciting event. Photo: Embassy of Denmark in Myanmar
Election 2020
14 February 2020
Mobilizing Young, First-time Voters is an Investment in Myanmar’s Future
SNDP party members in Nam Kham, Shan State. Photo: SNDP
Election 2020
22 October 2019
SNDP will field 45 per cent of candidates with youths and women 

Women & Elections

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Election 2020
09 August 2020
PNO to field women candidates in upcoming elections
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) shakes hands with ethnic women after her trip to Shan State at the Hehoe airport on February 13, 2020. Photo: Thet Aung/AFP
Election 2020
05 July 2020
Question over whether we will see more female candidates in the Myanmar election
Naw Ohn Hla. Photo: Mizzima
Election 2020
18 June 2020
Naw Ohn Hla will run for Yangon Karen ethnic affairs minister post
SNDP party members in Nam Kham, Shan State. Photo: SNDP
Election 2020
22 October 2019
SNDP will field 45 per cent of candidates with youths and women 

Election Features

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(File) A minority Hindu Myanmar voter casts her ballot at the Khaung Htoke Khar polling station in Sittwe, Myanmar's Rakhine state, on November 8, 2015. Photo: AFP
Election 2020
30 August 2020
Myanmar's religious minorities claim they are sidelined in election
A resident checks voting lists at an administrative office in Yangon on July 25, 2020, ahead of the upcoming general election set for later in the year. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
Election 2020
29 August 2020
UN rights office says Myanmar elections an opportunity to take a new inclusive democratic path
(File) A woman casts her vote at a polling station of Tarmwe township during by-elections in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 November 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Election 2020
27 June 2020
Myanmar survey finds limited understanding among citizens of democracy, federalism
Mr SK Mendiratta, a former legal adviser to the Election Commission of India. Photo: IACVA/YouTube
Election 2020
09 March 2020
Indian lessons for Myanmar polls
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