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View all search resultsMyanmar to hold third phase of election voting on Jan. 25, state media reports
The third phase of voting will be held in 63 townships, the ruling junta announced in a state-run media outlet, although dates for the counting of votes have not yet been declared.
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Myanmar soldiers from the 77th light infantry division walk along a street during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar in this file photo taken on Feb. 28, 2021. Myanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on Jan. 25, 2026, according to an announcement on state media amid a raging civil war. The junta regime plans to hold a ballot beginning Dec. 28, 2025. (Reuters/stringer)
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yanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on Jan. 25, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian nation.
The first two phases of voting are set to take place on Dec. 28 and Jan. 11, covering a total of 202 townships out of a total of 330.
The third phase will be held in 63 townships, the ruling junta said in an announcement by the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
Dates for the counting of votes and the announcement of election results have not yet been declared.
Read also: Myanmar junta's shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has previously acknowledged that the election will not be held nationwide, with the military continuing to fight an armed resistance that has strengthened since a 2021 coup.
The junta had ousted a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on the unproven allegation of electoral fraud by her party, which had won the preceding years' polls by a landslide.
Analysts say the military's shift from the battlefield to the ballot box, aimed at establishing a stable administration, faces long odds, although the junta insists the exercise has popular support.
The United Nations, human rights groups and many nations have been vocal in their criticism of the elections that the junta is carrying out with the help of a law that punishes dissent and under which it has charged hundreds of people.
