Abstract

• Free and fair elections are a core principle for democratic development. Moreover, Election is vital equipment in the lives of democratic society especially in transition period for political communication. Then, concerned the Political bias of the mass media becomes an important argument especially at the election time. So, partisan bias is a crucial question to evaluate the election process. Various researchers have studied how media bias or how political orientation runs especially in the election campaign. Thus, this study analytically evaluated the partisan bias could present in the newspaper. The content analysis method through Myanmar newspapers applies to verify the partisan bias. The findings from the pioneer study pointed out newspapers have their party supported in the election.