<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/myanmar">Myanmar</a> will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on January 25, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian nation.</p><p>The first two phases of voting are set to take place on December 28 and January 11, covering a total of 202 townships out of a total of 330.</p><p>The third phase will be held in 63 townships, the ruling junta said in an announcement by the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.</p>.Explained | Myanmar's decade of turmoil: Elections, coup and conflict.<p>Dates for the counting of votes and the announcement of election results have not yet been declared.</p><p>Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has previously acknowledged that the election will not be held nationwide, with the military continuing to fight an armed resistance that has strengthened since a 2021 coup.</p><p>Analysts say the military's shift from the battlefield to the ballot box, aimed at establishing a stable administration, faces long odds, although the junta insists the exercise has popular support.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/myanmar">Myanmar</a> will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on January 25, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian nation.</p><p>The first two phases of voting are set to take place on December 28 and January 11, covering a total of 202 townships out of a total of 330.</p><p>The third phase will be held in 63 townships, the ruling junta said in an announcement by the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.</p>.Explained | Myanmar's decade of turmoil: Elections, coup and conflict.<p>Dates for the counting of votes and the announcement of election results have not yet been declared.</p><p>Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has previously acknowledged that the election will not be held nationwide, with the military continuing to fight an armed resistance that has strengthened since a 2021 coup.</p><p>Analysts say the military's shift from the battlefield to the ballot box, aimed at establishing a stable administration, faces long odds, although the junta insists the exercise has popular support.</p>