Myanmar's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) claims a landslide victory in recent elections, winning over 80% of contested lower house seats. These elections, the first since the 2021 military coup, are criticized by the UN and human rights groups as a 'sham' and not free or fair. The USDP, considered a civilian proxy for the military, previously lost to Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD, which did not participate in the current polls and whose leader remains detained.