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1st Ld Writethru: Myanmar announces Aung San Suu Kyi winning election

Xinhua, November 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) Wednesday announced that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Sunday's general election and was re-elected as representative to the House of Representatives (Lower House) of the next parliament.

Representing her National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi, who is the party chairperson, competed in Yangon's Kawhmu constituency mainly against rival U Kyaw Zin Hein, candidate of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).

The NLD fielded 1,123 candidates, while the USDP fed 1,122 in running the election.

So far, the NLD has secured a total of 291 seats in three levels of the parliament including 78 in the House of Representatives, 29 in the House of Nationalities and 182 in the Region or State Parliament, according to the result released by the UEC as of Tuesday night.

The USDP held 27 seats, six in the House of Representatives, two in the House of Nationalities and 19 in the Region or State Parliament.

A total of 333 representatives have been elected to the parliament at three levels, according to the election result announced by the UEC as of Tuesday night. Enditem