2025–26 Myanmar general election

General elections were held in Myanmar for elected seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw of the Assembly of the Union in three phases, beginning on 28 December 2025 and concluding on 25 January 2026. The election is being held by Myanmar's military junta that came to power after the 2021 military coup d'état. Though military ruler Min Aung Hlaing initially promised to hold the election by August 2023, the military repeatedly delayed the election in the face of increasing violence.

Following the coup, the military ruled the country under a state of emergency, initially declared by Acting President Myint Swe for one year and extended seven times by six-month periods, which expired on 31 July 2025. The constitution requires elections be held within six months of the end of the state of emergency. Min Aung Hlaing provided different time frames for the election three times before the December date was confirmed. The election was expected to be a sham process intended to legitimize continued military rule. A census used for the election was conducted in October 2024.

In January 2023, the military enacted a new electoral law tightening the requirements for party registration, banning the participation of people convicted of a crime including Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint, and switching from a first-past-the-post to a mixed-member proportional system for the Amyotha Hluttaw election. Analysts see the changes as intended to improve the electoral performance of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, which performed poorly in the free and fair 2020 election. Most opposition to the USDP will be seriously weakened under the new rules. Added to the previously existing 25% reserved seats to the military, the switch to proportional representation would allow it to govern with a lower share of the popular vote. The National League for Democracy, which was removed from power in the coup, announced in February 2023 that it would not register under the new law, and was declared dissolved by the Union Election Commission the following month. The second-largest opposition party, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, similarly announced it would not participate in the election. Partial official results for began to be released in January by the UEC, with an overwhelming majority of seats won by the USDP.