The UN warned that the real number could be higher due to broken communications and fear among witnesses.
The election has been condemned internationally as an attempt to legitimize military rule five years after the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi. According to the UN, the vote was held in only 263 of 330 municipalities, mainly in areas under military control, and large groups, such as refugees and Rohingya, were excluded.
UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned in a statement on Friday that “the deep and widespread despair inflicted on the people of Myanmar” since the 2021 coup “has only been deepened by the latest election staged by the military.”
