YANGON – Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy claimed Monday it had won a clear parliamentary majority and would retain power, even though the state election body has named just a few of the winners in Sunday’s elections.
The Union Election Commission earlier said full results may take a week. By 8 p.m., it had announced the winners of just nine of Parliament’s 642 seats, all nine NLD candidates.
An NLD spokesperson, Monywa Aung Shin, said the party had confirmed it won more than 322 seats – a majority – but the final outcome “would be likely more than” the party’s goal of 377 seats. (AP)
