Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi waits patiently for official elections results to confirm landslide win
- 8 years ago
Although only a fraction of results have been officially announced, opposition supporters are claiming a landslide win in Myanmar’s historic election.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has so far won most of the seats declared – 49 out of 54 – but the NLD’s own tally of results has them taking at least 80 percent, easily surpassing the 67 per cent needed for an overall majority.
Suu Kyi heads for landslide victory in #Myanmar election: https://t.co/6NJCsf5aRl pic.twitter.com/2m3TEQGScy— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 9, 2015
The public is electing 168 of the 224 representatives in the upper house of the national parliament, with the remaining quarter of seats reserved for lawmakers appointed by the military.
In the lower house, 325 of the 440 seats are up for grabs. Another 110 are reserved for military appointees, while voting has reportedly been canceled in the remaining five electable lower house seats because of security concerns.
One 78-year-
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has so far won most of the seats declared – 49 out of 54 – but the NLD’s own tally of results has them taking at least 80 percent, easily surpassing the 67 per cent needed for an overall majority.
Suu Kyi heads for landslide victory in #Myanmar election: https://t.co/6NJCsf5aRl pic.twitter.com/2m3TEQGScy— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 9, 2015
The public is electing 168 of the 224 representatives in the upper house of the national parliament, with the remaining quarter of seats reserved for lawmakers appointed by the military.
In the lower house, 325 of the 440 seats are up for grabs. Another 110 are reserved for military appointees, while voting has reportedly been canceled in the remaining five electable lower house seats because of security concerns.
One 78-year-