Myanmar President U Thein Sein (L) meets with Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the election-winning opposition National League for Democracy, at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw Dec. 2, 2015. [File Photo: Xinhua/Myanmar News Agency]

NAY PYI TAW, March 10 -- The presidential election process kicked off in Myanmar's parliament Thursday as three parliamentary groups of presidential electoral college submit their candidates for the presidential run.

The three groups represent the House of Representatives (Lower House), House of Nationalities (Upper House) and non-elected military-assigned representatives.

A candidate nomination process is underway in the two houses, while nomination from the military will take place at the army headquarters separately.

In the group of presidential electoral college of the Lower House, U Htin Kyaw was nominated by the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi, while Dr. Sai Mauk Kham was nominated by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).

In the group of presidential electoral college of the Upper House, U Henry Van Htee Yu of Chin state constituency-3 was nominated by the NLD, while U Khin Aung Myint, former speaker of the House of Nationalities, was nominated by the USDP.