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.
Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced Wednesday that 333 parliament representatives to three levels of the parliament have been elected as of Tuesday night after the Sunday election.
New Chairman of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) U Htay Oo was defeated in Sunday's general election, the Office of the USDP confirmed Monday.
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Monday urged the people to stay dispassionate and calm ahead of the official announcement of the election result.
From first-time voters to the elderly, millions queued to cast their ballots on Sunday (Nov 8) in Myanmar’s first genuinely multi-party election in a generation. Observers said the poll was peaceful - a landmark achievement in a country only recently emerged from decades of military rule.
Myanmar's next multi-party general election will be held in late 2015, local media reported Sunday, quoting Chairman of the Union Election Commission U Tin Aye.