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Speaking to DVB after the UEC released its statement today, USDP’s Nandar Hla Myint retorted that the Commission “could not be trusted” to be impartial.
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Shortcomings in education and awareness campaigning dampened voter interest in the 1 April by-election and resulted in lower turnout than Burma’s 2015 general election, the Myanmar Election Observation Network says.
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The USDP noted that the NLD won 81 percent of the vote in 2015, but just 47 percent in last week’s by-elections.
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The NLD won nine of 19 vacant seats at this weekend’s by-elections, largely failing to recreate the landslide victory it enjoyed at the polls in 2015.
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The National League for Democracy has won half of the seats it contested in Saturday’s by-election, but lost a contentious battle in Mon State and saw nine other seats go to competing political parties.
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With tens of thousands of voters expected to go to the polls for today’s by-election, the ruling National League for Democracy will get its clearest indication to date of how the Burmese people view the party’s first year in office.
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Burma’s political parties, including the NLD and USDP, wrap up their campaigns for this weekend’s by-election.
