Myanmar’s junta chief announces election by January 2026 - The announcement comes as Myanmar’s military struggles to maintain control, with armed resistance from pro-democracy fighters and ethnic mili

Four years after seizing power from the elected administration, the head of the military government has declared Myanmar will hold a general election within 10 months, state-run media reported. Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing said the election will take place either in December or January 2026 at the latest,

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing announced the timing of the election while on a visit to Belarus on Friday, the military-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. “The election is slated for December 2025, with the possibility of … January 2026,” the newspaper quoted Min Aung Hlaing as saying.

Myanmar's military junta has announced plans for elections in December or January -- scheduling the first poll since it seized power in a bloody 2021 coup that plunged the country into civil war. - Since the 2021 coup the junta has been battling an array of pro-democracy guerillas and fighters from ethnic minorities.

State-run media in Myanmar say the head of the military government has declared the country will hold a general election within 10 months.

Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021. Southeast Asian foreign ministers in January told the junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia.