The Nobel laureate's National League for Democracy has so far won 40 of the 44 seats it contested in yesterday's by-elections, including in Suu Kyi's constituency, according to partial official results announced on television.
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday hailed a "new era" for Myanmar and called for a show of political unity after her party claimed victory in elections seen as a test of budding reforms. Facts about Myanmar | Prisoner turned politician
villagers made an eclectic, electrifying bunch, sporting Aung San Suu Kyi-emblazoned T-shirts and hats, and holding babies with stickers from her National League for Democracy party on their chubby cheeks.
Seventeen parties, including six new to the political scene, are contesting by-elections in Myanmar on Sunday, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi standing for parliament for the first time.
Myanmar is holding closely watched by-elections today in which Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for a seat in parliament for the first time.
Myanmar's opposition complained on Sunday that ballot sheets had been tampered with in landmark elections in which its leader Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for parliament for the first time.
Voting in Myanmar's historic by-elections is going "rather smoothly", ASEAN chief Surin Pitsuwan said today, adding that despite claims of ballot irregularities he had not heard "anything serious".
Myanmar's by-elections held on Sunday showed "very encouraging" signs, a European Union official invited to observe the polls told AFP.
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi looked set to make history in Myanmar elections today, but complaints of ballot-tampering cast fresh doubt on the fairness of the parliamentary vote.
Facts about Myanmar | Prisoner-turned-politicianWith a flamboyant wardrobe and a diva’s voice, she’s seen as Myanmar’s Lady Gaga — a rare pop star in a country where years of isolation have left musicians reliant on borrowed foreign tunes.
Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency, the kyat, from April 1, the central bank said in a statement published in an official newspaper on Wednesday.
His image is emblazoned on T-shirts and posters on Myanmar’s campaign trail, but the young revolutionary in a military cap and greatcoat is not standing for election.
Myanmar was making final preparations on Saturday for polls seen as a test of the military-dominated regime's reforms, in which opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for the first time.
Myanmar's journalists will take to Twitter and Facebook in their battle to beat press restrictions and deliver breaking news of Sunday's by-elections that for many will be the biggest story of their careers.