elections



Dec 18, 2020 • 7 min read
Thai democracy

In Thailand, provincial elections set to bring back local democracy

This weekend will see Thais go to the polls at provincial elections for the first time since in at least six years. A time of enormous political tension in the kingdom, many are viewing the vote as a bellwether for the health of Thailand's democracy
By Wanpen Pajai • Dec 18, 2020

Dec 09, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Indonesia holds nationwide poll despite virus warnings

Indonesia held nationwide elections with more than 100 million voters expected to have cast a ballot, despite warnings it could spark a Covid-19 disaster
By Agnes Anya/AFP • Dec 09, 2020

Nov 13, 2020 • 3 min read
Myanmar elections

Suu Kyi’s party wins absolute majority in Myanmar polls

Official results on November 13 showed that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party had secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's general election. But the country's former ruling military-aligned party has called the polls neither free no fair
By Su Myat Mon and Richard Sargent/AFP • Nov 13, 2020

Nov 09, 2020 • 4 min read
Myanmar elections

Suu Kyi forecast to triumph in virus-hit Myanmar election

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party are expected to retain power in Myanmar, as voting closed and counting continued late into the night in a general election mired in criticisms of racial apartheid and discrimination
By Richard Sargent/Su Myat Mon • Nov 09, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 • 5 min read
Myanmar elections

Ousted and outspoken: The lady taking on The Lady in Myanmar

Booted from Aung San Suu Kyi's "chaotic and autocratic" party, female MP Thet Thet Khine is now taking on Myanmar's national heroine in the upcoming election, claiming the country needs to work with, not against, a military accused of genocide
By Richard Sargent/AFP • Sep 21, 2020

Jul 27, 2020 • 6 min read
Myanmar elections

Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD campaign in the shadow of jade tragedy

With Myanmar set to head to the polls in November, a deadly jade mine disaster in Kachin State earlier this month could provide a further blow to the popularity of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in ethnic minority areas
By Robert Bociaga • Jul 27, 2020

Jul 20, 2020 • 9 min read
Myanmar democracy

A look ahead to Myanmar GE 2020: Ethnic parties and storms of discontent

With the Myanmar General Election slated for November, five years of stalled peace negotiations, broken promises and stunted economic prosperity for ethnic minority groups may prove the undoing of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party
By Mary Banfield and Morris Averill • Jul 20, 2020