Polls in Myanmar have closed after a third and final stage of voting in what are widely viewed as sham elections.
Many popular parties are banned from standing and voting has not been possible in large areas of the country because of a five-year-long civil war.
The dominant party backed by the ruling military junta is expected to win a landslide victory.
The current regime has rejected international criticism of the election, maintaining that it is free and fair.
Around one-fifth of the country's 330 townships, including the cities of Yangon and Mandalay, voted in the last stage.
Six parties, including the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), fielded candidates nationwide, while another 51 parties and independent candidates contested at state and regional levels.
Previous rounds held on December 28 and January 11 saw overwhelming wins for the USDP, which garnered only 6% of parliamentary seats in the last free election of 2020.
Observers described voting as orderly and peaceful, but a climate of fear and intimidation preceded the polls.
The elections are expected to reinforce the military's grip on power with General Min Aung Hlaing anticipated to be appointed president post-election.
The military junta seized control of Myanmar in a 2021 coup, displacing the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains in detention.
Ethnic opposition and resistance groups have been fighting the military, compounding the humanitarian crisis amid a brutal civil war exacerbated by international support for the junta and severe economic degradation.
