On the campaign trail: What’s at stake in Myanmar’s elections?

Myanmar has set November 8 as the date for a landmark general election, the country’s election commission said.

Decked in the red of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, adoring supporters crammed the streets and filled a stadium to listen to the Nobel laureate and former political prisoner speak.

“Some people say ‘it’s not time for us to achieve real democracy yet,’” Suu Kyi told the crowd.

“But I think its just because they don’t want to give it to us,” Suu Kyi continued, to thunderous applause. “Everyone deserves democracy.”

Thein Sein, the incumbent president, has been quoted as saying there was no need of further change in the country’s political process, which is still dominated by the country’s military and bars Suu Kyi from becoming president.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds a rally in Yangon on November 1, 2015, one week before the country is set to hold a landmark general election.

Thousands of Suu Kyi's supporters gather at a final rally in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, on November 1 to hear the former political prisoner and Nobel laureate speak.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner told the crowd on November 1, "Some people say it's not time for us to achieve real democracy yet. But I think its just because they don't want to give it to us. Everyone deserves democracy."

Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, the National League For Democracy (NLD), are decked in the red of her party.

Supporters of the NLD cram the streets in a river of red shirts and flags during the November 1 rally.