Myanmar elections: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi set to claim victory
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 9: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party was confident it was headed for a landslide victory today in Myanmar's historic elections, as the democracy icon urged supporters not to provoke losing rivals who mostly represent the former junta that ruled this Southeast Asian nation for a half-century.
The opposition National League of Democracy had won about 70 percent of the votes counted by midday today, said party spokesman Win Htein.
In
Sunday's
elections,
33.5
million
eligible
voters
cast
votes
at
more
than
46,000
polling
stations
across
the
country.
Government
leaders,
parliament
speakers,
military
leaders
and
party
leaders
were
among
those
who
enthusiastically
cast
their
votes
at
polling
booths
scattered
across
constituencies
in
the
nation.
Myanmar's general elections end peacefully
A total of 6,038 candidates involving 91 political parties and 310 Independents contested for more than 1,000 seats at three levels of parliament in the elections. Of the total, 1,733 candidates ran for seats of the House of Representatives (Lower House), 886 for the House of Nationalities (Upper House), 3,419 for regional or state parliaments.
OneIndia News (With inputs from agency)