In the secret presidential ballot, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing secured 429 valid votes from the Pyithu Hluttaw group, while U Nyo Saw received 126 votes from Defence Services Personnel representatives, and Nan Ni Ni Aye obtained 29 votes from the Amyotha Hluttaw group.The presidential election of the Third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw took place at the convention hall of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in the Hluttaw Complex in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Aung Lin Dwe sought the approval for the attendance of 584 out of 586 Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives eligible to attend the meeting and recorded it. He stated the presidential election programmes to the Hluttaw.The Speaker said that the Presidential Electoral College, comprising all Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives, must elect one of three Vice-Presidents as the President with secret voting using ballot Form 10. The voting must be held in the presence of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives who are also members of the Presidential Electoral College under the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents. The Speaker explained the way of casting votes under the election law and rules, and identifying the invalid votes.The Deputy Director-General and officials of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office counted the number of ballot papers to be used in the election of the President in the presence of the Presidential Electoral College members under the electoral rules.The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and the Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw, together with members of the Presidential Electoral College, took out the ballot papers from the staff of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office and cast votes secretly.According to Rule 43 (k) of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents, officials from the Office of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw counted and verified, in the presence of members of the Presidential Electoral College, whether the number of ballot papers issued to representatives matched the number of ballot papers retrieved from the ballot box.The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw then announced that a total of 584 ballot papers had been issued to members of the Presidential Electoral College, comprising all Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives, and that 584 ballot papers had been retrieved from the ballot box, confirming that the numbers were consistent. Therefore, in accordance with Clause (e) of Rule 43 (k) of the Election Rules of the President and Vice-Presidents, the voting was declared valid.Members of the Presidential Scrutiny Committee signed to record the votes for each presidential candidate in Form 15.The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker announced that Presidential Candidate Senior General Min Aung Hlaing from the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives secured 429 valid votes, Presidential Candidate U Nyo Saw, 126 valid votes from the group of Defence Services Personnel representatives and Presidential Candidate Nan Ni Ni Aye, 29 valid votes from the group of Amyotha Hluttaw representatives, respectively.As such, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker declared Senior General Min Aung Hlaing from the group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives who won the largest number of valid votes was elected as the President.He also announced that U Nyo Saw and Nan Ni Ni Aye were elected as Vice-Presidents.The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker stated that the meeting of the group of the presidential electoral college ended, and the third-day meeting of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw will resume on the morning of 6 April. — MNA/TTAgnlm
Sat, 4-Apr-2026
