Myanmar pro-military party wins first phase of junta-run election: official results


The pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) won 89 of 102 Lower House seats. -- PHOTO: AFP

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP): Myanmar's dominant pro-military party won the first phase of junta-run elections, the last released official results showed on Monday, with the USDP taking nearly 90 percent of lower house seats.

The military staged a 2021 coup that ousted the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi, but is overseeing a month-long phased election it pledges will return power to the people.

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