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Suu Kyi’s backers say she won seat in Myanmar

Election results aren’t official, but vote is acclaimed

By Thomas Fuller

 |  New York Times  

  April 02, 2012

The party of Aung San Suu Kyi declared that she had won a seat in Myanmar’s Parliament on Sunday, an unofficial result that may herald a new era for the country as it moves toward democracy after decades of oppressive military rule. If the result is confirmed, Suu Kyi, a global icon of democracy and a 1991 Nobel Peace laureate, will make the transition from dissident to lawmaker, joining a Parliament overwhelmingly controlled by the military-backed ruling party.

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