Unproven2026-02
What is circulating
“Military leader Min Aung Hlaing said on 11 February 2026 that the three-phase general election was a success with turnout of 54.22 percent, higher than in many democracies including France and Japan.”
Claimed by Min Aung Hlaing · official statement
The facts
The figure, 13.14 million votes from more than 24 million eligible voters, comes from the military-run electoral process held in 263 townships, with voting cancelled in many other areas for security reasons and no independent observation. Analysts quoted by Thairath said excluding those areas shrank the pool of eligible voters and inflated the percentage, so the comparison with other countries cannot be verified.