Spring Revolution Daily News for 27 January 2026

• In Thazi Township of Mandalay Region, Ko Kyaw Moe Oo had drunkenly swore at U Ye Lin Oo, a headmaster and supervisor of the polling station, in Samyeikshay Village. According to the junta newspaper on January 24, he was charged under the law to protect the election. 

• In Dagon Myothit (East) Township of Yangon Region, a team led by Daw Khin Kalyar Kyaw, joint secretary of People’s Labour Party, was about to set up an election campaign signboard on the corner of Bo Min Kaung Street and Shin Htwe Nyo Street in Ward (14). At that time, U Myat Kyaw Thu and his wife Daw Moe Thabyay, owner of a nearby pub, prohibited the team from doing that and behaved badly. Reportedly, they were charged under Section (24A) for disturbing the election. 

• In Kayan Township of Yangon Region, Ko Hla Htay Aung and Ko Phyo Zaw Aung were charged with Section (23A) and Section (28) for allegedly burning the campaign vinyl of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in Nyaunggone Village. 

• In Thingangyun Township of Yangon Region, Ma Htar Htet Htet, a resident of Sa/Ka Ward, was charged under the election protection law for her misleading Facebook post criticizing the election. 

• In Pauk Kaung Township of Bago Region, Ko Ye Win Naing arrived at the house of U Myint Zaw, uncle of U Khin Maung Win, a village campaigner for the USDP in Thikegyinma Village, and uttered threatening words against U Khin Maung Win. Reportedly, he was charged with Section (24A) of the law to protect the election. 

• In Yangon Region, the voter turnout in the final phase of the election was much lower than that of the previous phases. Consequently, the junta’s followers had to announce via loud speakers to encourage people to come and vote. 

• In Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Kyauktan Township, Dagon Seikkam Township and Thaketa Township of Yangon Region, there were very few voters. Reportedly, the junta’s ward administrators called for casting the votes by means of threats and calls through loud speakers. 

• In Thonekwa of Yangon Region, the junta members stopped cars on the way out of town and checked whether the passengers had ink on their little fingers, a symbol of voting. Reportedly, they sent back those without ink to town. 

• In 2 townships included in the final phase of the election in Mandalay Region, the junta’s local authorities made the shopkeepers close roadside shops and market stalls on January 25. 

• In Mandalay Region, the junta troops have been invading Madayar Township and Minkun Area outside of Mandalay, while the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been in the city. 

• The junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said that he acknowledges the public’s voting in their election, rather than international recognition for the poll. 

• In Myingyan of Mandalay Region, the junta’s administrators went door to door and called on the public to cast votes on the morning of the third-phase election in town. 

• On Sunday, U Ko Ko Gyi, Chair of the People’s Party, told media that advance voting was a controversial matter in the junta’s election. 

• In Lammataw Township of Yangon Region, U Ko Ko Gyi, Chair of the PP, cast his vote at No. (2) Polling Station in Ward (2) on January 25. He also told media that despite losing in the election, it is necessary to monitor the parliament from outside and point out flaws where necessary. 

• In Hpakant Township of Kachin State, heavy artillery landed and exploded near a local polling station during the final phase of the election on Sunday. Reportedly, 5 people were injured. 

• The spokesperson of Karen Youth Organization stated that the junta’s election was a kind of magic trick on the public and the military junta staged another coup. 

• In Canberra, Australia, Myanmar activists protested against the junta’s election in front of the junta’s embassy on Sunday. 

• In Kani Township of Sagaing Region, the junta army conducted aerial bombings via paramotors on local villages while the final phase of the election was being held in town. 

• In Thegone of Bago Region, the voter turnout was very low. Consequently, the junta’s local administrators went door to door and threatened the public to vote. 

• In Phyuu of Bago Region, Township People’s Defence Forces carried out time bomb attacks at 6 places in town during the junta’s third-phase election on Sunday. 

• The junta leader Min Aung Hlaing went to a polling station in Chanmya Thazi Township of Mandalay Region. He was accompanied into the polling station by a man wearing a USDP T-shirt and hat. It was captured in a photo and it was a violation of the election law. The junta’s Popular Journal published the photo and later removed it. However, the Irrawaddy managed to save it. 

• Prior to the junta’s third-phase election, there had been local battles in Kawkarait of Karen State. Reportedly, the voter turnout was low on the election day. 

• The spokesperson of the European Union told DW Media that the junta’s election with three phases did not comply with international standards. 

• In Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region, there were drone attacks on the USDP office, Kyaukyonegyi and the polling station in Lethit Village near the junta’s Ka-Ma-Ya (15). Reportedly, there were casualties among the junta members. 

• In Kalay of Sagaing Region, the Local Strike Committee carried out a public talk against the junta’s election on Sunday. 

• In Longlone Township of Tanintharyi Region, there were drone attacks on the junta’s Myoma Police Station and a polling station in Maungmakan Village during the third phase of the junta’s election. Reportedly, there were casualties among the junta soldiers and some police buildings were set on fire. Additionally, there was a guerrilla attack on a car carrying ballot boxes. 

• U Kyaw Kyaw Htwe, Secretary (1) of the People’s Party, told Mizzima that Chair U Ko Ko Gyi, a candidate for Lammataw Township of Yangon Region, had lost the election.