FILE PHOTO: The logo of Myanmar's Union Election Commission is pictured on a voting machine during the UEC's first major press conference in Naypyidaw on September 11, 2025. - AFP
YANGON: The Union Election Commission (UEC) has announced that elections will not be held in 56 Pyithu Hluttaw (Upper House) constituencies, 9 Amyotha Hluttaw (Lower House) constituencies under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and 56 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system in the upcoming general election.
The multiparty democratic general election, scheduled to begin on December 28, 2025, will not include elections in these constituencies due to the absence of conditions necessary to hold a free and fair vote, according to UEC’s statement issued today (Sept 14) under Article 10 (8) of the UEC Law.
The UEC further announced that detailed lists of the affected constituencies by Hluttaw can be viewed on the Union Election Commission’s official website at uec.gov.mm.
Therefore, in the 2025 general election to be held starting December 28, elections will be conducted in 274 Pyithu Hluttaw constituencies, 75 Amyotha Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 26 constituencies under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, 266 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 42 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the PR system, and 29 Region or State Hluttaw ethnic constituencies. - Eleven Media/ANN
