7 | NO MINIMUM COVERAGE OR VOTER TURNOUT IS REQUIRED FOR THE JUNTA’S ELECTIONS Myanmar’s legal framework imposes few procedural requirements as to the validity of election results. Not only are elections not required to be held at the same time across the country, as discussed previously, but there are also no geographical or participation thresholds that the elections would need to meet. In practice, this means that: • There is no minimum number of constituencies where elections must be held in order to be considered valid. • There is no minimum coverage of each constituency where elections must be held to be considered valid. • There is no minimum voter turnout for elections to be considered valid. Most stakeholders interviewed by ANFREL for this assessment expect the junta to make use of these legal shortcomings to stage elections in small areas under their control, most often city centers, but declare results for entire townships or constituencies, thereby artificially inflating the coverage of the junta’s election management body. In extreme cases, the UEC could hold elections in only a few wards or village tracts, with only a few voters taking part, and the results would still be certified. One example of a township where this is likely to happen is Tedim, one of only two in Chin state where the junta has announced elections will take place in “phase 1”, on 28 December 2025. As of July 2025, the junta was present only in urban areas 33