These polls are the first openly contested election held in the country since 1990, which was annulled by the military government after the National League for Democracy's (NLD) victory. The poll was preceded by the 2010 General Election, which was marred by a widespread boycott and allegations of systematic fraud by the victorious Union Solidarity and Development Party.
The NLD won an absolute majority of seats in the combined national parliament needed to ensure its preferred nominees will be elected president and first vice president in the Presidential Electoral College. It also won majorities in each respective chamber of parliament, which give it the control over the bill passage and national legislation. While NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from the presidency (as both her husband and her children are foreign citizens), she has let it be known that she will hold the real power in any NLD-led government. The general election in Myanmar is applying with the normative theory where we explain the reality; predict the future and also what should be the best for the future. According to the United National on Human Rights, the human rights are a universal doctrine where everyone must obtain these rights. However, the Myanmar case is completely different and what the worldview as politics complexity. The election is already occurred and NLD won the majority vote. However, that doesn’t mean that Myanmar will transform to democracy state because USDP will remain the backup to control the NLD. The fact that the leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become a president due to her private background is contradicted to the constitution. This indicated the limited of human rights in the country. Before, the election, there is a civil war where the government confrontation and many people died over the flight again the government troops.
However, Myanmar case can also viewed as pluralist support. There are some positive and negative in this theory. First, Myanmar is trying to transform itself in this early stage, which believe that the world is able to contain the positive change. The USPD is able to leave their seat peacefully. When we look back to the past, we could see that Myanmar got sanctions from the powerful states due to its political. Second, currently, they start changing, so this means that Myanmar doesn’t want to be isolated. They want to be interdependence with other states. As a weak state, interdependence helps a lot for Myanmar to develop its condition. By interdependence, state can see the high opportunity to make their economic growth and more alliance. Third, the flow in of international organizations in Myanmar is a positive way to help Myanmar improve it country, as non-state actors are also an important entitles. On the other hand, the negative is pluralist might not be worked if there is no amendment of the constitution. Because this will limit the scope of Aung San Suu Kyi works that pressure her from moving forward.