The 2015 general elections were considered a hallmark of Myanmar's transition from an authoritarian regime towards a new form of government. However, the elections did not take place in all parts of the country, and significant portions of the population were excluded from the vote, including voters in areas of contested sovereignty, those who experienced displacement by conflict, and the Rohingya. Against the background of the regulatory framework for elections in Myanmar and its electoral system, this article looks first into a particular understudied element of the electoral process—the cancellation or postponement of elections in areas affected by conflict, which is little understood by voters, election administrators, and outside observers. Second, the article examines the conditions necessary for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to participate in elections. Third, the article recapitulates the gradual legal disenfranchisement of voters and candidates who self-identified as Rohingya, which preceded their mass exodus to Bangladesh in 2017. While in 2015 all these processes of exclusion were arguably of lesser priority for the election administration, which facilitated the first credible Myanmar election in decades, they have not altered significantly since and will affect the electoral participation of disadvantaged communities again in the future.

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缅甸选举过程中的边界制定：不举行选举的地方

2015 年大选被认为是缅甸从专制政权向新政府形式过渡的标志。然而，选举并未在该国所有地区举行，很大一部分人口被排除在投票之外，包括主权争议地区的选民、因冲突而流离失所的人以及罗兴亚人。在缅甸选举监管框架及其选举制度的背景下，本文首先探讨了选举过程中一个未被充分研究的特定要素——在受冲突影响地区取消或推迟选举，选民对此知之甚少，选举管理员和外部观察者。第二，这篇文章探讨了国内流离失所者（IDPs）参加选举的必要条件。第三，文章概括了自认为罗兴亚人的选民和候选人在 2017 年大规模逃往孟加拉国之前逐渐被法律剥夺权利的情况。虽然在 2015 年，所有这些排斥过程对于选举管理来说可以说是次要优先事项，这促进了几十年来第一次可信的缅甸选举，自那以后他们没有发生重大变化，并将在未来再次影响弱势社区的选举参与。