Myanmar's boisterous election campaign drew to a close Friday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party to power after a decades-long struggle against the military.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is eying an outright majority at Sunday's general election, the first the party has contested since 1990.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday said it was important not to "exaggerate" the plight of the nation's persecuted Rohingya, hundreds of thousands of whom have been barred from Sunday's landmark polls.

Suu Kyi has faced international censure for not speaking out in support of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority who have been hardest hit by deadly bouts of communal violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar at a time of surging religious nationalism.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday declared she will be "above the president" and run the government if her party wins this weekend's landmark election, in defiant comments addressing a current ban on her taking top office.

The former junta-ruled country goes to the polls on Sunday in elections which could see the army's decades-long grip on power substantially loosened.

A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the specter of bloodshed and chaos akin to the Arab Spring aftermath if it loses power in Sunday's polls, has drawn an angry response on social media.

The tightly edited four-minute feature was posted on the page of President Thein Sein, days before the country heads to the polls in landmark elections which are expected to see the opposition make major gains.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hit out Monday at "extreme elements" in Myanmar who are sowing hate speech and bigotry towards religious minorities, days before the country votes in landmark elections.

Myanmar heads to the polls next Sunday in what observers are hoping will be the fairest election for decades as the nation slowly shakes off almost a half-century of brutal military rule.

A candidate for Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition was wounded by a sword-wielding attacker while canvassing in Yangon, his party said Friday, as tensions rise just over a week before Myanmar holds key elections.

Naing Ngan Linn, a sitting MP for the National League for Democracy, suffered injuries to his head and arms when he was set upon late Thursday as his campaign group toured a township in his constituency.

Advance voting kicked-off in Myanmar on Thursday for those unable to cast a ballot in their constituencies on polling day next week, many of whom are soldiers and civil servants.

The early ballot comes after the country's overseas nationals cast advance votes earlier this month ahead of the November 8 polls trumpeted as Myanmar's freest and fairest in decades.

With no little swagger, Myanmar's army-backed ruling party has hit the campaign trail predicting it will win 75 percent of votes in next month’s election despite a formidable opponent in Aung San Suu Kyi and her wildly popular opposition party.

The November 8 elections will be the first nationwide polls in a quarter of a century to be contested by Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party.

International monitors in Myanmar voiced concerns Wednesday over next month's crunch polls as the body charged with organizing the election canceled voting in several more villages, blaming fighting between the military and rebels.

Myanmar heads to the polls on November 8 in what observers and voters hope will be the fairest election in decades as the nation slowly shakes off years of brutal and isolating junta rule.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity in volatile Rakhine state on Saturday in an impassioned election rally, tackling head-on bitter religious divisions between Buddhists and Muslims that have shaken the former junta-run nation.

The opposition leader has faced international disappointment at her reluctance to speak out in support of marginalized Rohingya Muslims in the western state, but is also viewed with suspicion among Buddhist hardliners who see her as sympathetic to the minority.