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At just 6pm local time, the UEC announced the winners of 67 Lower House seats.
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NLD take unassailable lead
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, cannot now be beaten in the polls.
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President congratulates NLD on ‘leading’ in the election
Burma’s President Thein Sein has congratulated the NLD for leading in the election race – a clear signal that the ruling party has not yet conceded defeat.
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Will USDP cry foul?
Starting today, parties can officially contest results from the election, and the USDP is set to do just that.
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The Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye has released the eleventh round of election results at just after midday local time.
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Burmese govt congratulates Suu Kyi on incoming majority
Burma’s incumbent government has acknowledged that the opposition National League for Democracy [NLD] party is cruising to a majority in the country’s next parliament.
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The Union Election Commission has released the tenth round of general election results.
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The Union Election Commission has released the eighth round of election results.
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International praise for peaceful vote
The international community has heralded the historic elections in Burma as a victory for the people.
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The Union Election Commission has released the seventh round of election results.
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The Union Election Commission has released the sixth round of election results.
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Too soon to consider sanctions lift -US officials
The US on Monday welcomed Burma’s election as a victory for the people, and the vote appeared to raise prospects of a further lifting of US sanctions.
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BREAKING NEWS: Election results 5
The UEC has released the fifth round of election results.
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Festivities ongoing outside NLD headquarters
People started arriving at 10am at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy. Ten hours later, they were still there.
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ELECTION 2015: NLD landslide continues
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party surges ahead with 25 Lower House victories officially declared. But hundreds of ethnic and rural areas are yet to be announced.
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BREAKING NEWS: Election results 2
The second round of election results have been announced by the UEC.
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BREAKING NEWS: Election Results 1
The first results in this year’s Burmese general election have been announced.
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We ‘will accept any outcome’: USDP vice-chairman
Htay Oo has admitted defeat in his own bid to win a seat, but media reports that the USDP have conceded the election are unfounded.
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‘We must tread carefully’, says Suu Kyi
NLD warns supports against assuming victory ahead of results.
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Shwe Mann concedes defeat in Phyu
House speaker and former chairman of the USDP Shwe Mann has conceded defeat to the National League for Democracy candidate in Phyu,
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Reflections of a first-time voter
Thin Lei Win reflects on her feelings of civic duty pride after voting for the very first time, after living abroad during the flawed 2010 election.
Past, present military heavyweights cast ballots
Heavyweights from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) have cast their ballot in Burma’s historic general election.
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BURMA ELECTION: So far, so good
Voting in Burma’s general election is well underway, and no major incidents have marred polling in the main cities.
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NLD eyes victory in Mandalay “army town”
The vote will be hotly-contested in the Mandalay constituency of Pyin Oo Lwin, where opposition candidates are mounting a strong challenge to the USDP.
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Voting begins in Burma
Polling stations have opened across the country as some 30 million voters decide.
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Ruling party banks on development legacy
The ruling party has staked much of its legacy on its building works, from roads to agriculture to the restoration of holy sites.
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Home-to-vote contingent hope to swing election
Over a hundred Burmese voters living in Singapore flew to Rangoon on Friday to cast their ballots before polls close over the weekend.
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10,000 ‘additional’ voters found in Naypyidaw, says NLD
“Most of the ‘additional’ names are in Tat-Pobba quarter where a large number of retired soldiers live,” says NLD representative.
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Military, govt will accept election result, says president
Burma’s President Thein Sein says that both the military and the government will accept the outcome of Sunday’s historic election.
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Kaman Muslims distance themselves from Rohingya
Kaman Muslims in Arakan State who have lost citizenship rights after being caught up in sectarian violence are hoping the elections will change their fate.
