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Myanmar votes again in military's lopsided election
The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party leads after the second phase amid boycotts and conflict, with voting in 265 of 330 townships, officials said.
- Myanmar has been engulfed in civil war since the military ousted a civilian government in a 2021 coup, detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading by a huge margin after the first phase of elections on December 28, 2025 saw low voter turnout.
- The United Nations, Western countries and human rights groups have called the election a sham, citing absence of meaningful opposition and conditions deemed unfair.
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Myanmar holds second phase of voting in first election since coup
Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in the country's first general election since a takeover that installed a military government five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some areas affected by the civil war between the military government and its armed opponents.
·France
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In Myanmar, the second round of the parliamentary elections held by the military junta has begun.
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Burma, exhausted after nearly five years of civil war, repression and institutional collapse, went to the polls this Sunday in the second phase of an organized electoral process...
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Total News Sources79
Leaning Left17Leaning Right9Center31Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Center
Bias Distribution
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L 30%
C 54%
R 16%
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