BBC News - Burma poll: Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD sweeps by-elections: "Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party has won a landslide victory in by-elections, local election officials have confirmed.
With partial results announced, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won at least 40 of the 45 seats being contested.
Ms Suu Kyi said she hoped the polls marked the start of a new era in Burma.
But the parliament remains dominated by the military and its allies, who hold the vast majority of the 664 seats.
As the results started to come in from Sunday's poll, Ms Suu Kyi called the vote a "triumph of the people" and said the goal now was reconciliation with other parties.
The United States said the vote was an important step in Burma's "democratic transition"."
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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