"Aung San Suu Kyi, who was deposed by the military months after her National League for Democracy (NLD) won the last general election by a landslide in 2020, remains in detention, and her party has been dissolved."

Polls have closed in Myanmar's first general election since the 2021 military coup, held in about a third of the country's townships. The UN, human rights groups, and opposition parties have criticized the electoral process as not free, fair, or credible. Aung San Suu Kyi remains detained, and her party has been dissolved. The pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is expected to emerge as the largest party. The election is seen as a continuation of military rule with limited international recognition.