YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party hoovered up nearly all of the first batch of seats to be declared from Myanmar’s election, as the opposition eyed massive gains to carry it to power after decades of military dominance.
The National League for Democracy’s hopes of a decisive victory surged on Monday afternoon after poll authorities handed it 15 of the first 16 seats to be counted in Yangon.
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