Myanmar will hold an indirect presidential election on 3 April 2026, following the 2025âÂÂ26 Myanmar general election. It will be the first since the 2018 Myanmar presidential election and the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. The nominating process for the Presidential Electoral College began on March 30.
The Presidential Electoral College appoints the president, consisting of the Pyithu Hluttaw committee (elected MPs only), the Amyotha Hluttaw committee (elected MPs only), and the Tatmadaw committee (serving military personnel appointed to both houses by the commander-in-chief of Defence Services). Each committee nominates one candidate. Aung Lin Dwe will preside over the election in his capacity as Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
Military ruler Min Aung Hlaing was expected by most analysts to be a candidate and likely winner, though he declined to reveal his intentions publicly before being nominated. He was expected to step down as Commander-in-Chief before the nomination process began on March 30, as presidential candidates are constitutionally barred from concurrently holding another office, and did so on 30 March, with the NDSC appointing Ye Win Oo to replace him.
The committees of the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw convened on March 30, 2026, to decide on the nominations. The selection was made through a vote the following day, March 31, 2026.
Two candidates were put forward for nomination by members of the Pyithu Hluttaw committee. USDP member Kyaw Kyaw Htay proposed the acting president Min Aung Hlaing. Kyaw Swe of National Unity Party was also put forward.
The Amyotha Hluttaw committee is considering Kachin State People's Party's chairman Manam Tu Ja and Kayin State Hluttaw member Nan Ni Ni Aye of USDP.