Unofficial count gives Suu Kyi's party victory in Myanmar
Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy party, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has won an absolute majority of seats in parliament in the election, according to an unofficial tabulation of the vote. The official results of Sunday’s election posted online by the state Union Election Commission lagged far behind, but also showed the advantage going to the NLD. They confirmed that Ms Suu Kyi won the seat she contested and the NLD claimed victory for a second five-year term on Monday. Yway Mal, an independent vote counting service, said the NLD had won 366 seats so ...
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