Selangor Journal
Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi at Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on July 6, 2017. — Picture by REUTERS

Suu Kyi party wins enough seats to form Myanmar’s next government

YANGON, Nov 13 — The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official results of a general election released on Friday.

The latest batch of results from the November 8 election confirmed Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party had secured the 322 seats in the bicameral legislature needed to form the next government.

The NLD has taken 346 seats of the 412 seats that have so far been declared, with 64 more seats still up for grabs and yet to be announced.

— Reuters

 

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