India, Feb. 6 -- Myanmar's multi-phase general elections were held between December 2025 and January 2026, the first since the 2021 military coup. While the military-led government framed the polls as a successful return to a multi-party system, the elections were designed to mitigate the risks of a nationwide security collapse as the majority of the region was still grappling with ongoing civil war and widespread airstrikes. Central to this transition was the instrumentalisation of the 2008 constitution, which guarantees the military 25% of all parliamentary seats and provides the legal foundation for a "limited democracy" that ensures permanent military oversight.

The overall process of elections is described by various analysts as a m...