Aung San Suu Kyi’s party confirmed winner in Myanmar election.
The governing party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, official results showed, in a poll disputed by the military-aligned opposition and criticised by rights groups.
According to the latest batch of results from vote, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has secured the 322 seats in the bicameral legislature needed to form a government. It was the only second such vote since the end of military rule in 2011.
The NLD has taken 346 seats of the 412 seats that have been declared, with results from 64 more yet to be announced. The governing party declared earlier this week that its own tallies showed it had won a landslide victory.
Important Facts:
- Myanmar Capital: Naypyitaw.
- Myanmar Currency: Kyat.
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