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In Yangon and beyond, turnout was low despite concerns about possible repercussions for those who stayed away from polling stations

Voting in phase two of Myanmar elections complete A second round of voting in the military-run 2025-26 elections was held at polling stations in 100 out of Burma’s 330 townships on Sunday, according to the Union Election Commission (UEC). Residents told DVB that security was heightened as regime leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected polling stations to monitor phase two of the elections in Yangon’s Insein, Hlaing and Latha townships on Jan. 11. Residents of Kawhmu T

Mizzima A stark lack of public participation marked the second phase of the military-led elections in Yangon on Sunday, as authorities resorted to patrolling streets with loudspeakers and conducting door-to-door pressure campaigns to drive up turnout. From the early morning hours, residents in townships including Kawhmu, Kungyangon, Kyimyindaung, North Dagon, Dawbon, and Pazundaung reported a barrage of announcements from motorcycles, sidecars, and trucks. Officials repeatedl

Mizzima Security has been significantly tightened in Hpapun and Hlaingbwe townships as the Military Commission’s second phase of elections proceeds amid widespread public indifference and territorial losses to resistance forces. In Hlaingbwe Township, which includes the towns of Hlaingbwe, Paingkyon, and Shan Ywa Thit, voting is being restricted to limited urban areas and nearby villages. Shan Ywa Thit remains under the full control of the Karen National Union (KNU), renderin

Mizzima The Myanmar military junta is forging ahead with the second phase of its sham election today, 11 January, in a move widely viewed as a calculated attempt to manufacture political legitimacy just 24 hours before facing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The “Phase 2” polling, conducted under intense security and reported coercion, coincides with the upcoming Merits Hearings of the Muslim Rohingya genocide case at the ICJ, scheduled to begin tomorrow

Bago Region was rocked by explosions and clashes Sunday as close allies of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing contested in the second phase of an election widely seen as a sham to entrench military rule. Blasts at the General Administration Department (GAD) office in Htantabin Township—just over an hour north of Yangon—killed a Union Election Commission (UEC) assistant director and wounded one staff member, according to a local UEC official. “Two bombs hit the GAD office in Htantabi