Aung San Suu Kyi wins seat in Myanmar vote

Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with ink still imprinted on the little finger of her left hand after voting yesterday, waves after delivering a speech from a balcony of the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Suu Kyi on Monday hinted at a victory by her party in the country’s historic elections, and urged supporters not to provoke their losing rivals who are backed by the military. AP

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s election commission has announced that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won her seat in this weekend’s parliamentary elections.

The commission announced 61 more results for Parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, which included Suu Kyi’s name as the winning representative from the Kawhmu constituency, which is part of Yangon state.

It says she won 54,676 votes, without giving details for the losing ruling party candidate, or how many eligible voters there were.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party is expected to score an overwhelming victory in the elections to choose a new Parliament.

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