Myanmar announces 106 parliament representatives-elect
Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party watch official results on a giant screen outside the party headquarters in Yangon on November 9, 2015. (AFP Photo)
(VOVworld) - Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced 106 parliament representatives-elect on Tuesday on the first-day of election results, including 54 to the House of Representatives and 52 to Region or State parliament. Of the 54 seats in the House of Representatives, the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) dominates with 49. The NLD swept 47 of the 52 seats in Region or State parliament. So far, the NLD has secured a total of 96 parliamentary seats in the two levels of parliament, according to the first-day election results. A total of 6,038 candidates from 91 political parties and 310 independent runners are competing for more than 1,000 seats at three levels of parliament in Myanmar's election which was held on Sunday.