Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) are set to sweep the historic by-elections held in Myanmar on Sunday for 45 parliamentary seats.
After a day of peaceful voting, interspersed with some allegations of irregularities, the NLD said Ms. Suu Kyi won her seat of Kawhmu on the city outskirts. While the official results are not expected for a few days, the party, based on reports sent in by its representatives from counting centres in different townships, has claimed a landslide win.
In the evening, the Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations, Surin Putsiwan, tweeted: “Reports from ASEAN Secretariat Election Observation Team in Myanmar at 7.30 are encouraging in terms of order, enthusiasm and high turnout!”
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