Myanmar’s parliament has convened for the first time since the 2021 coup after recent elections saw the pro-military party winning most of the seats as major opposition parties were barred from running. A quarter of the available seats in the upper and lower houses – 166 seats – were reserved for the military, and the USDP won 339 of the rest. Myanmar’s last widely recognised general election in November 2020 delivered a landslide victory to the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. In February 2021, the armed forces detained Suu Kyi and other senior NLD leaders, declared a state of emergency and transferred power to the military, triggering nationwide protests and violent crackdowns. The 80-year-old former leader is serving a 27-year prison term on charges widely viewed as spurious and politically motivated. Political parties associated with the former ruling NLD were dissolved or barred from participating in the latest elections while strict laws criminalised public criticism of the vote.