Although USDP wins 28 Seats automatically, 26 parties Fail to Gain any Seats.

According to data released by the military-controlled election commission, 26 out of 57 political parties that participated in the junta-organized election failed to win a single seat. The military’s proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), secured 28 seats uncontested and went on to win the vast majority of seats overall, benefiting from a heavily engineered electoral process. Strict and costly party registration requirements introduced in 2023—such as high financial thresholds, large membership quotas, and extensive office-opening obligations—placed severe burdens on political parties and contributed to widespread exclusion and fragmentation. Compared with the 2015 and 2020 general elections, which saw over 90 and 87 parties respectively, participation dropped sharply, underscoring how the junta’s legal framework and election design narrowed political space and produced an uncompetitive, predetermined outcome.