Yangon, Myanmar, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Myanmar pro-military party declares victory in junta-run polls

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2026-01-26

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule. While the military has said the election will return power to the people, popular democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi remains detained since the coup and her party has been dissolved, while critics say the ballot was stacked with army allies. "We won a maj......

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