Yangon, Myanmar, Jan 5, 2026 (AFP) - Myanmar pro-military party wins first phase of junta-run election: official results

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2026-01-05

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party won the first phase of junta-run elections, the last released official results showed on Monday, with the USDP taking nearly 90 percent of lower house seats. The military staged a 2021 coup that ousted the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi, but is overseeing a month-long phased election it pledges will return power to the people. Western diplomats and democracy advocates dismiss the poll as a ploy to......

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