Campaigning Ends Ahead of Historic Parliamentary Elections in Myanmar

 
By Sarah Joanne Taylor | With REUTERS

Campaigning has ended ahead of Myanmar’s historic election. With the exception of some early voters, most people have two days of reflection ahead of Sunday’s ballot (November 8).

These are the country’s first openly-contested parliamentary elections in 25 years, after five decades of military dictatorship. They are being closely monitored by European Election observers.

Some 30 million of the 51 million population are registered to vote. No opinion polls are available, but Nobel laureate and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi, is very popular.

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Source: Euronews