Supporters cheer and wave flags as they gather in front of Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party's headquarters during Election Day Sunday, in Yangon, Myanmar. By 8:00pm, it had announced the winners of just nine of Parliament’s 642 seats, all nine NLD candidates. An NLD victory was widely expected since its leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is immensely popular. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Myanmar’s second competitive national election since military rule ended was an important step. But the group described election day voting as peaceful and said no major incidents were recorded.-AP

Source: The Standard November 10, 2020 14:03 UTC