On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of…
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NUP, the party that survived
“Some people are surprised our party has survived,” says National Unity Party candidate Phyu Phyu Nyunt.

2015 election: Let the campaign begin!
The 2015 election is up and running. Political parties take to the streets on the first day of what is sure to be a tense and competitive campaign period.

6,000 candidates registered for November election
The opposition NLD tops the candidate lists with 1,151 representatives, followed by the ruling USDP with 1,134, and NUP with 763.

SNDP withdraws from Shan constituency to avoid vote-split
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy will be the only major ethnic party to contest the election in Namhkam Township against the USDP, NLD and NUP.

ELECTION 2015: NUP’s Han Shwe
DVB asks NUP leader how high his expectations are for this year’s election. And who does he consider the main contenders?