YANGON/HINTHADA, Myanmar (Reuters) - While supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit the streets to celebrate an apparent landslide win for her party in Sunday's election, a dazed former general sat at home licking his wounds.
Veteran politician Htay Oo, acting chief of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), lost his seat in the Irrawaddy delta town of Hinthada, in its supposed rural heartland, to a political rookie fielded by Suu Kyi.
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