"Elections for the bicameral national legislature as well as fourteen state and regional legislatures were held on Sunday 7 November. Voting took place in a peaceful and somewhat subdued atmosphere, but it was marred by what appears to be massive manipulation of the vote count. The official results show the regime?s Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) winning a massive majority. Several other parties have condemned the count, and have launched legal challenges (without much expectation of success). Nevertheless, they had always seen these elections as the first step of a long and difficult process, and the consensus of most parties at this point is that they must continue to engage with the process, taking their seats in the legislatures and making the best use of the limited space that has opened. Also, despite the irregularities, a number of ethnic-minority parties have fared reasonably well, particularly in the state/region legislatures. This paper provides an account of the voting process on election day, and a detailed analysis of the official results. It then makes some observations on what may lie ahead for the country in the next few months, in light of the election results as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the ongoing tensions in some ethnic areas..."