May 10.
The military junta has announced that it will hold a multi-party general election in the third and fourth weeks of December 2025 and the first and second weeks of January 2026, one month apart. Chin State will contest the election, according to a press release from the Union Election Commission under the military council.
The Khumi National Party, which has its headquarters at House No. (6), Aung Sang Road, Rikha Ward, Paletwa Township, Chin State, has been granted registration under Section 9 of the Political Parties Registration Law effective August 11, 2023, the Union Election Commission announced on August 11, 2023.
The Khumi National Party applied to the Union Election Commission last month to register as a political party under Section 5 of the Political Parties Registration Law. The application was made on July 7.
The Chin New Congress Party, which wants to establish a political party under Section 3 of the Political Parties Registration Law to contest the multi-party democracy general election, applied to the Union Election Commission on March 6 for the right to establish a political party in accordance with the law and rules.
The Zomi National Party, which wants to establish a political party under Section 3 of the Political Parties Registration Law to contest the multi-party democracy general election, applied to the Union Election Commission on April 30 for the right to establish a political party in accordance with the law and rules.
The military coup council is scheduled to hold the general election in December 2025, so those who want to apply for party establishment must apply by May 9. On April 8, the Union Election Commission (UEC) issued a notice to 27 new parties and 50 parties that have applied for the right to continue as political parties. A total of 77 parties have applied for registration and are still being scrutinized for party registration, according to state-run newspapers published today, May 10.
The military council issued a new political party registration law on January 26, 2023, requiring political parties to register.
Currently, the military council controls only two of the nine townships in Chin State, Hakha and Tedim.
The military council has dissolved the Chin State and Chin ethnic-based parties that competed in the 2020 election, including the NLD, which did not reapply for political party registration. The Chin National League for Democracy Party, Zomi Congress For Democracy Party,Chin Ethnic Party, Zo Ethnic Regional Development Party, Khumi (Khami) National Party, and Ashochin National Party.
