UEC confirms final results, NLD wins absolute majority

UEC confirms final results, NLD wins absolute majority
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party hold posters with the image of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi as supporters celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon on November 9, 2020. Photo: AFP

The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party won 920 seats, absolute majority in the general elections held in Myanmar on Nov. 8, according to the final result announced by the Union Election Commission (UEC) on Sunday. Xinhua reported.

After the UEC's voting counts completed on Sunday morning, 920 candidates out of 1,106 candidates fielded by the NLD party were elected to three levels of the parliament -- 258 seats in the House of Representatives (Lower House) and 138 in the House of Nationalities (Upper Houses), 501 in the Regional or State Parliaments and 23 ethnic minority seats in the Regional or State Parliaments.

The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) fielded 1,089 candidates and took total 71 seats for the three levels of the parliament -- 26 seats for the House of Representatives (Lower House), 7 for the House of Nationalities (Upper Houses) and 38 for the Regional or State Parliaments, the UEC's figures showed.