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Myanmar pro-military party claims Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll

On Monday, the Union Solidarity and Development Party said it won Kawhmu, Aung San Suu Kyi's former seat in Yangon region, after Sunday's second-stage voting despite official results not posted.
After the 2021 military coup deposed and detained Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups report over 22,000 political prisoners and more than 330 people prosecuted under new junta-enacted laws.
An electoral official counted ballots after the second phase, with an anonymous USDP official claiming they won 15 lower house seats in Yangon region.
Critics warn the claimed victory could entrench military influence as the junta's proxy claims a landslide, UN rights expert Tom Andrews said 'It should surprise no one that the military-backed party has claimed a landslide victory'.
The junta says the month-long vote will return power to the people, with its final phase scheduled for January 25 amid ongoing violence; December 28 saw 68 killed, and rebel factions control large areas.

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Myanmar's Pro-Military Party Wins in Aung San Suu Kyi's Stronghold Amid Accusations of Staging a Power Succession.

The USDP, Myanmar's military-backed party, claimed victory in the Kawmu constituency election, Aung San Suu Kyi's traditional stronghold, amid criticism that the election was merely a facade to maintain its power.

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South China Morning Post

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Myanmar’s pro-junta party wins Aung San Suu Kyi’s seat: ‘surprise no one’

The military-backed party claims to have won 90 per cent of the available seats so far in a poll activists have derided as ‘engineered’.

2 months ago·Hong Kong

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The Hindu

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Lean Left

Myanmar pro-military party wins Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll: party official

The final phase of the month-long vote is scheduled for January 25, with the junta saying the election will return power to the people

2 months ago·India

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Myanmar pro-military party claims Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll

Myanmar's main pro-military party on Monday claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule.

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New Strait Times

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Myanmar pro-military party wins Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll

YANGON: Myanmar’s main pro-military party won the parliamentary seat of detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections run under the junta’s rule, a party official told AFP on Monday.

2 months ago·Malaysia

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Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s junta chief holds on to power

BANGKOK, Jan 13 (Reuters) - His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underwa… Leggi

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