The first phase of the vote is scheduled to begin Sunday, part of a multi-stage process running through late January.
The elections are widely seen as an attempt by the military to project legitimacy after four years of civil war and political isolation.
The elections exclude major opposition parties, including the National League for Democracy of jailed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, raising doubts about their credibility amid ongoing conflict and reports of air strikes on civilian areas.
Analysts told EFE that the army's recent advances have been driven by forced conscription introduced earlier this year, continued access to foreign weaponry, and diplomatic pressure exerted by China on armed groups along its border.
The conscription law, enacted in February 2024, has helped the military recruit an estimated 80,000 new troops, according to state-aligned media.
The added manpower has eased chronic personnel shortages that had weakened the army's ability to hold territory.
"The military is regaining momentum and retaking strategically important areas," said Morgan Michaels, a conflict analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
He said the junta could continue to build on these gains following elections designed to bolster its international standing.
The military has also benefited from advanced equipment supplied by Russia and China, including helicopters and fighter jets, allowing it to strike opposition forces with limited resistance, said Adam Simpson, a professor of international studies at Australia's University of Adelaide.
Since seizing power in February 2021, the military has retained control of major cities such as Yangon, Mandalay and the capital, Naypyidaw, even as ethnic armed groups and the People's Defence Force of the shadow National Unity Government mounted coordinated resistance in border regions.
However, the junta faced its most serious setback in October 2023, when the Brotherhood Alliance, a coalition of ethnic militias, launched a major offensive that overran towns and key supply routes along the Chinese border.
But since April, China has played a more active mediating role, pressuring some of those groups to withdraw or return towns and territory in northern Shan state, Simpson said.
Fighting continues elsewhere. In western Rakhine state, the Arakan Army now controls most of the region, including the entire border with Bangladesh.
The area is strategically important for Chinese-backed infrastructure projects.
