Aung San Suu Kyi wins big in Myanmar's elections, but will it bring peace — or restore her reputation abroad?

NLD supporters doing the traditional elephant dance as they celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on November 10. — AFP

With 5,643 candidates from 91 parties competing for 1,119 seats, at both the state and federal level, the country’s almost 38 million voters were asked to cast judgment on the last five years of NLD rule.

After three days of vote counting, the ruling party has claimed a huge victory, which was officially confirmed on Friday. (The NLD had taken 346 seats of the 412 seats that have been declared – 322 seats are needed to form a government – with results from 64 more yet to be announced.)