Myanmar’s electoral commission has finally declared the National League for Democracy (NLD) winner of the country’s historic election.
With over 80% of seats declared, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has more than the two-thirds it needs to control parliament and choose the president, ending decades of military-backed rule.
But a quarter of seats were given uncontested to the military, meaning it remains hugely influential.
Ms Suu Kyi cannot become President because the constitution specifically bars anyone whose children were born foreign nationals from holding the job as both her sons were born British.
However, the Nobel peace prize laureate who spent decades under military-imposed house arrest, insisted she would lead the country anyway should her party win.
The election was seen as the first openly contested poll in Myanmar in 25 years.
