The New Mandala Inquirer series, publishing high-quality, in-depth analysis of economic, political, and social trends across Southeast Asia, issued this paper "Why didn’t ethnic parties do better in Myanmar’s elections?" by Adam Burke in November 2015.

In the paper, Adam Burke approaches possible causes and conditions faced by ethnic parties in 2015 general election in Myanmar. Landscape of the ethnic parties contested in 2015 general election, is hilighted that "This time round, despite open elections for local parliaments and the spread of more freely expressed minority identity, ethnic parties’ performance was patchy at best."

The paper is also available in the following original source:

http://www.newmandala.org/a-silent-minority/