Myanmar pro-military party wins Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll: party official

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The Military deposed and detained Suu Kyi successful  a 2021 coup, claiming she secured a landslide predetermination  triumph   implicit    pro-military parties the erstwhile   twelvemonth  by means of monolithic  elector  fraud. File.

The Military deposed and detained Suu Kyi successful a 2021 coup, claiming she secured a landslide predetermination triumph implicit pro-military parties the erstwhile twelvemonth by means of monolithic elector fraud. File. | Photo Credit: AFP

Myanmar's main pro-military enactment won the parliamentary spot of detained antiauthoritarian person Aung San Suu Kyi successful elections tally nether the junta's rule, a enactment authoritative told AFP on Monday (January 12, 2026).

A elder authoritative from the Union Solidarity and Development Party speaking anonymously due to the fact that they were not authorised to disclose results said they "won successful Kawhmu" — Suu Kyi's erstwhile spot successful Yangon region.

"We won 15 little location seats retired of 16 places successful Yangon region," they added, aft Kawhmu and dozens of different constituencies voted connected Sunday (January 11) successful the 2nd signifier of a three-phase election.

The Military deposed and detained Suu Kyi successful a 2021 coup, claiming she secured a landslide predetermination triumph implicit pro-military parties the erstwhile twelvemonth by means of monolithic elector fraud.

The last signifier of the month-long ballot is scheduled for January 25, with the junta saying the predetermination volition instrumentality powerfulness to the people.

But with Suu Kyi inactive held successful seclusion and her hugely fashionable enactment dissolved, ideology advocates accidental the ballot has been rigged by a crackdown connected dissent and a ballot stacked with Military allies.

Published - January 12, 2026 12:39 p.m. IST

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