Supporters of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the past two decades under military-ordered house arrest, say she won a seat Sunday in Burma's lower house of parliament.
NLD Claims Aung San Suu Kyi Election Win
Supporters celebrate as election results are revealed on the screen in front of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) head office in Rangoon, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party cheer holding a portrait of Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they watch increasing votes on a screen at the roof of the NLD office in Rangoon, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
Supporters celebrate as election results are revealed in front of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) head office in Rangoon, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
An election official shows ballots with votes for Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy (NLD) as votes are counted in Rangoon, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
People wearing traditional clothes arrive at a polling station in Kawhmu township where Aung San Suu Kyi stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
People wearing traditional clothes arrive at a polling station in Kawhmu township, April 1, 2012, where Aung San Suu Kyi stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. (Reuters)
Former Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt talks to reporters after voting in the by-elections at a polling station in Mayangone township in Rangoon, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
Buddhist monks try to get a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi visiting a polling station near their monastery in Kawhmu township, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)
Buddhist novice nuns greet the convoy escorting Aung San Suu Kyi as she visits polling stations in Kawhmu township, April 1, 2012. (Reuters)