The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

NEWS



USDP Campaigners Warn Journalists

E-mail Print PDF
Campaigners for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the Burmese military regime's proxy party, have been warning Burmese journalists working for foreign media organizations not to photograph or film party members who are out campaigning.
Read more...
 

Burma's Internet Service Sealed Off

E-mail Print PDF
Burma’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) has sealed off Internet access for Internet cafes and businesses, according to experts on Burma's Internet infrastructure.
Read more...
 

Regime Allows Outside Visits to Selected Polling Stations

E-mail Print PDF
RANGOON — Foreign diplomats and Burmese journalists working for foreign news media will be able to visit carefully selected polling stations on election day, the Burmese government has announced.
Read more...
 

Number of Polling Stations Falls Short in Mon State

E-mail Print PDF
A leading political party in Mon State says a lack of polling stations will prevent some voters from casting their ballots on election day, Nov.7
Read more...
 

Election Offers no Comfort for Burmese Refugees

E-mail Print PDF

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand — It's no wonder that Saw Tun Wai has little desire to return to Burma, even after upcoming elections that its military rulers describe as a step toward democracy.

Read more...
 
Page 8 of 69

Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

Poll

Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

CARTOON

ct


survey_map_HL2

Burma Population Data

population_small

Elected Seats in Parliaments

map_of_constituencies_small

parties

election_profiles