8th Waxing of Thadingyut 1388 ME
19 October 2026
THE Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hereby enacts this Law.
1. This Law shall be called the Seventh Amendment to the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.
2. Subsection (m) shall be added after Subsection (l) of Section 11 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law. “(l) being adjudicated by the Election Tribunal as disqualified due to the failure to submit election expenses as prescribed.”
3. The following shall be inserted after Section 11 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law as Section 11-a:
“11-a. A person elected as a Hluttaw representative –
(a) If the registration of the political party represented by that person is cancelled under subsection (b) on the ground that the party has violated any of the provisions contained in clauses iv, v, vi, vii and xi of subsection (a) of Section 12 of the Political Parties Registration Law, the election of that person as a Hluttaw representative shall be deemed automatically void.
(b)If the political party represented by that person is dissolved, or if its registration as a political party is cancelled under subsection (b) on the ground that the party has violated any of the provisions contained in clauses i, ii, iii, viii, ix and x of Subsection (a) of Section 12 of the Political Parties Registration Law, or if its registration as a political party is cancelled under subsection (e) of Section 24, the person shall apply to the Commission within 60 days from the date of dissolution of the party or the date on which its registration is cancelled, as applicable, submitting conclusive evidence of membership in another political party, to be permitted to continue serving as a Hluttaw representative of that other party. If no such application is submitted, the election of that person as a Hluttaw representative shall be deemed automatically void. Exception: If the person wishes to continue serving solely as an independent Hluttaw representative, the person may notify the Commission accordingly within 60 days.”
4. Section 28 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law shall be substituted with the following: –
“28. (a)A person whose name has been submitted for inclusion in the list of candidates for election as a Hluttaw representative shall have the right to withdraw the nomination in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
(b)After the list of candidates for election as Hluttaw representatives has been officially announced, a candidate shall have the right to withdraw from candidacy in accordance with the prescribed procedures.”
5. The introductory paragraph of Section 30-a of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law shall be substituted with the following: –
“30-a. The central executive committee members of political parties contesting in the election, candidates for election as Hluttaw representatives, and their election representatives may campaign by the following means, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Commission:”
6. In Section 42 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law, the expression “6 am” shall be substituted with “7 am”, and the expression “4 pm” shall be substituted with “5 pm.”
7. In subsection (b) of Section 48 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law, the expression “two days in advance” shall be substituted with “three days in advance”, and the expression “before 4 pm” shall be substituted with “before 9 am.”
8. In subsection (d) of Section 88 of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law, the expression “a Hluttaw representative or an election representative” shall be substituted with “a Hluttaw representative, a candidate for election as a Hluttaw representative, or an election representative”.
I hereby sign this law in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Sd/Min Aung Hlaing
President
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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