2015 Myanma general election Sunday Nov 08,2015

 

Myanmar's general election on Sunday, hailed as the first free vote in twenty-five years, could mark a new milestone in the country's arrival on the international stage.

The  2015 Myanma general election is scheduled to be held on Sunday Nov 08,2015

It will see voting take place in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the Military in order to appoint Members of Assembly to seats in the Upper House(House of Nationalities), the Lower House of the Assembly of the Union (the House of Representatives)and State and Region Hluttaws

The military are allocated 25 % of the seats in the parliament as well as having a veto over legislation...Even if the NLD wins a majority of seats in parliament, it will still be essential for them to co-operate with the military in order to get support for any reforms that need to be passed through parliament

In July 2015, Myanmar’s Union Election Commission(UEC) designated the number of constituencies for running the upcoming 2015 general election of 4 levels of parliament representatives -
330 constituencies are set for elections to the House of Representatives
168 constituencies for the House of Nationalities  or upper house
644 constituencies for Regional or State Parliaments  and
29 constituencies for regional or state parliaments for national races. 

91 political parties are registered to take part in 2015.Of the 91 parties registered in the elections, 59 represent ethnic or religious minorities, such as the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party and Rakhine Nationalities Development Party

More than 6,000 candidates from over 90 parties are vying to be elected to the 664-seat parliament in the first national elections since a nominally civilian government took power in 2011.

The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will for the first time go head to head with Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy

The NLD won the election in 1990 but the result was ignored by the military. The party boycotted the next nationwide poll, which was not held until 2010 and was condemned by international observers for widespread irregularities.
But after 2011, when President Thein Sein’s administration eased censorship laws and released political prisoners, the NLD stood in 2012 by-elections, winning 43 of the 44 seats it contested.

Even if the NLD wins, Suu Kyi won't be President

Despite being the face of the party and Myanmar's symbol of progress, 70-year old Suu Kyi is legally unable to be President.
The current constitution bans citizens with foreign family members from the position; Suu Kyi's late husband was British and her two sons hold British passports. The rule is unlikely to change anytime soon due to the army's strong governmental presence