1.Regarding the Multiparty General Election held on 8 November 2020, the Union Election Commission has inspected the voter lists and the casting of votes of 28 townships in Bago Region, 25 townships in Magway Region, 26 townships in Ayeyawady Region and 49 Townships in Shan State in detail together with the respective UEC members, former township election sub-commission, head of police force, Immigration and Population, administrators and representatives of political parties in accordance with Section 53 of the Hluttaw Election Law, and interviewed the election sub-commissions, poll heads and members.

 2. In 2020 Multiparty General Election, the candidates/voters ran/voted in Bago Region, Magway Region, Ayeyawady Region and Shan State as follows; (a)The candidates of 24 political parties and independent candidates competed in 28 townships of Bago Region. Of 3,951,637 voters, 2,839,370 cast votes at 4,144 polling stations, and it shows 71.85 per cent of votes. (b)The candidates of 13 political parties and independent candidates competed in 25 townships of Magway Region. Of 3,310,132 voters, 2,577,560 cast votes at 4,548 polling stations, and it shows 77.87 per cent of votes. (c)The candidates of 31 political parties and independent candidates competed in 49 townships of Shan State. Of 3,634,283 voters, 2,421,348 cast votes at 3,591 polling stations, and it shows 66.63 per cent of votes. (d)The candidates of 21 political parties and independent candidates competed in 26 townships of Ayeyawady Region. Of 4,681,152 voters, 3,541,933 cast votes at 5,748 polling stations, and it shows 75.66 per cent of votes.

3. The previous election commission released 3,951,637 eligible voters in 28 townships in Bago Region. The list of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population in November 2020 showed 3,505,965 eligible voters who had turned 18. The voter lists mentioned that there were 858,611 citizens, associate citizens, nationalized citizens, and non-identity voters, 37,162 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times and 382,058 persons repeated on the voter lists two times. According to the crosscheck, 61,008 persons repeated on the voter lists while 1,985 people over the age of 100, and 877 people under the age of 18 on the election day were also found on the lists.

4. A total of 4,144 polling stations of 28 townships in Bago Region took out 4,421,820 ballots and used 2,801,883. It left 1,536,132 ballots instead of 1,619,937. The difference was 181,867 ballots and it found 68,062 extra ballots.

5. The previous election commission released 3,310,132 eligible voters in 25 townships in Magway Region. The list of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population in November 2020 showed 3,042,674 eligible voters who had turned 18. The voter lists mentioned that there were 172,976 citizens, associate citizens, nationalized citizens, and non-identity voters, 33,956 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times and 397,504 persons repeated on the voter lists two times. According to the crosscheck, 45,242 persons repeated on the voter lists while 1,567 people over the age of 100, and 650 people under the age of 18 on the election day were also found on the lists.

6. A total of 4,548 polling stations of 25 townships in Magway Region took out 3,820,561 ballots and used 2,551,681. It left 1,190,533 ballots instead of 1,268,880. The difference was 86,872 ballots and it found 8,525 extra ballots.

7. The previous election commission released 3,634,283 eligible voters in 49 townships in Shan State. The list of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population in November 2020 showed 3,055,597 eligible voters who had turned 18. The voter lists mentioned that there were 616,531 citizens, associate citizens, nationalized citizens, and non-identity voters, 22,697 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times and 309,248 persons repeated on the voter lists two times. According to the crosscheck, 69,504 persons repeated on the voter lists while 2,597 people over the age of 100, and 1,996 people under the age of 18 on the election day were also found on the lists.

8. A total of 3,591 polling stations of 49 townships in Shan State took out 4,023,194 ballots and used 2,399,225. It left 1,574,907 ballots instead of 1,623,969The difference was 181,867 ballots and it found 68,062 extra ballots.

9. The previous election commission released 4,681,152 eligible voters in 26 townships in Ayeyawady Region. The list of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population in November 2020 showed 4,416,766 eligible voters who had turned 18. The voter lists mentioned that there were 706,984 citizens, associate citizens, nationalized citizens, and non-identity voters, 54,285 persons repeated on the voter lists more than three times and 567,300 persons repeated on the voter lists two times. According to the crosscheck, 39,742 persons repeated on the voter lists while 2,707 people over the age of 100 and 3,339 people under the age of 18 on the election day were also found on the lists.

10. A total of 5,748 polling stations of 26 townships in Ayeyawady Region took out 5,238,205 ballots and used 3,479,869. It left 1,641,341 ballots instead of 1,758,336. The difference was 182,719 ballots and it found 65,724 extra ballots.

11. The findings on voter lists and ballot papers used for Pyithu Hluttaw of Bago Region, Magway Region, Shan State and Ayeyawady Region were as follows: -

12. The previous UEC has released the (32/2017) statement for the formation of regions/states election sub-commissions dated on 17 November 2017. Then, they also released Notification No (33/2017) on 4 December 2017 and Notification No (34/2017) on 6 December 2017 for the formation of election sub-commissions with NLD supporters. These statements stated that they appointed the ones nominated by the regions/states chief ministers as chairman and members.

13. Under the directives by the letter number 7/464 general/A Pha Ra (2020) dated 4-8-2020 of the Union Government Office, a support group was formed for the completion of voter list, led by the state chief minister and it was found that there were two- or three-time duplication of voter lists due to the group. Under the instruction of the group, the township election sub-commission added the census lists submitted by the township general administration department into the voter lists. It was found that the voter lists inflated and the duplication occurred due to the addition of people who were already on the lists since the relevant ward/village-tract general administration departments failed to examine the census lists before submitting it.

14. The ward/village-tract administrators served as chairpersons in collecting the numbers of the population to compile the voter lists of Bago Region, Magway Region, Shan State and Ayeyawady Region. In this process, the ward/village-tract administrators appointed by the NLD government and some NLD members jointly collected the numbers of the population. They did not inspect whether the people live in their ward/village tract, whether they are eligible voters in accordance with the Hluttaw Election Law. Therefore, there were many non-identity voters on the voter lists and some repeated on the voter lists two times or over three times with just one NRC card. Hluttaw Election Law Section (15) (c) in Chapter VI “Preparation of Voting Roll” stated, “ Whoever has the right to vote in any constituency shall not be included in the voting roll of any constituency other than that of the constituency concerned at the same time.” And, it found activities that violate the law. According to Section 19 (b), the names not eligible are included in the voting roll, delete such names from the voting roll. But they did not remove the names.

15. The former UEC also released instructions that the advance voting process for people over 60 can be conducted starting 29-10-2020 before the election day. But some NLD members conducted door-to-door service in collecting advance votes in some places and it caused voting fraud. According to COVID-19 health rules, the announcement and instruction for voters who were unable to return to their constituencies were released on 8-10-2020 and 11-10-2020 respectively by the former UEC. Due to such directives, the voters were found repeated on the voter lists and non-identity voters were also on the lists and were allowed to cast votes.

16. The former UEC also released a statement for voters without any ID cards to cast their vote on 19-8-2020. The non-identity voters cast votes just with voter certificates at the polling stations. Therefore, the non-identity voters, those who repeated on voter lists two times or over three times were allowed to cast vote without complying with the Hluttaw Election Law section 59. Regarding the voting stamps, the instruction that the ballots with a tick without a UEC label will be recognized as valid votes also caused the complicated situations in counting the votes.

17. The voting frauds were supposed to be intentionally committed. Moreover, the NLD party members also interfere in collecting voter lists, election campaign, advance voting process and voting processes even on election day with their power. In addition, all electoral activities, including the campaigns of other political parties and parliamentary candidates misused the COVID-19 restrictions and conspired to seize the state power as well as the former UEC also found misused their authorities and violated the Law and rules.

18. According to the findings in Bago Region, Magway Region, Shan State and Ayeyawady Region, the 2020 Multiparty General Election was found to be inconsistent with the relevant Hluttaw Election Laws/Rules and was not free and fair. Therefore, regarding the Multiparty General Election held on 8 November 2020, it is here announced that measures will be conducted to annul the election results for the Hluttaw candidates of Pyithu, Amyotha and State Hluttaws and ethnic representatives of 28 townships in Bago Region, 25 townships in Magway Region, 26 townships in Ayeyawady Region and 49 Townships in Shan State in accordance with the law.

 Union Election Commission

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