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2026 Myanmar presidential election: Min Aung Hlaing wins

Voters went to the polls on 3 April 2026. Min Aung Hlaing became President. Min Aung Hlaing came first with 73.5%, Nyo Saw second with 21.6%.

Turnout:
99.66%

The result

Seats, change and vote share as the results table of 2026 Myanmar presidential election gives them; the change is against the seats it lists for the previous election.

Readers: each leader's busiest day around the vote, against their own usual readership. A leader the record names whose busiest day falls in the vote's days was read for the vote.

The small line: each leader's readers over these days. The figure: their busiest day against usual.

  1. Min Aung HlaingIndependent73.46%11× usual seats
    Min Aung Hlaing: readers a day, peak 15.3K on 3 Apr · 11× usual

    See Min Aung Hlaing

  2. Nyo SawUnion Solidarity and Development Party21.58% seats
  3. Nan Ni Ni AyeUnion Solidarity and Development Party4.97% seats

Results: 2026 Myanmar presidential election, Wikipedia · Party colours: Wikidata

How it unfolded

1 report
Readers a day, Min Aung Hlaing15.3K at the peak

Languages, not countries.

The rise showed up in the Wikipedia editions in English, Japanese and Russian.

16 March 2026 - 12 April 2026

  1. Once it settled

    Min Aung Hlaing: 2.5K readers a day, 1.8× usual

  2. Election day

    2026 Myanmar presidential election

  5. From Wikipedia

    An indirect presidential election was held in Myanmar on 3 April 2026, following the 2025-26 Myanmar general election.

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    Min Aung Hlaing, the country's military leader since the 2021 coup, won the election, while Nyo Saw and Nan Ni Ni Aye were elected as vice presidents.

    2026 Myanmar presidential election on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also read more that week

The event's article names them. Read more the same days; we do not say why.

Min Aung Hlaing, Nyo Saw and Nan Ni Ni Aye are in the result above.

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