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Suu Kyi party wins enough seats to form Myanmar's next government

YANGON, Nov 13: The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official results of a general election released on Friday.
Supporters of National League for Democracy celebrate at party headquarters after the general election in Yangon, Myanmar, November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin/Files
By Reuters

YANGON, Nov 13: The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official results of a general election released on Friday.



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The latest batch of results from the Nov. 8 election confirmed Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party had secured the 322 seats in the bicameral legislature needed to form the next government.


The NLD has taken 346 seats of the 412 seats that have so far been declared, with 64 more seats still up for grabs and yet to be announced.

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