Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD Seals Historic Election Win in Myanmar
A quarter century after Myanmar’s generals denied Aung San Suu Kyi an election win, she led her party to victory, ousting a military-linked government and edging the Southeast Asian nation closer to full democracy.
The National League for Democracy secured 348 seats in the two houses of parliament, enough to choose the country’s next president without seeking support from any other political party, according to official results from the nation’s election commission. The NLD victory was so thorough that the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has won just 40 races so far.
"We are very happy that we’ve won," said Nyan Win, a member of the NLD’s executive committee. "We’ve received replies from the president, commander-in-chief and speaker saying that they would meet with us."
The election win may further speed the opening of the economy that began under the quasi-civilian Union Solidarity and Development Party government. The USDP allowed foreign participation in industries such as telecommunications, energy exploration and banking, helping spur some of Southeast Asia’s briskest economic growth, which has averaged more than 7 percent during the past five years.
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