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Myanmar President wins parliament seat in general elections

Myanmar's President U Win Myint has won a seat in the lower house of the next parliament in last weekend’s general elections, according to an announcement from the Union Election Commission (UEC) on November 11.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Myanmar's President U Win Myinthas won a seat in the lower house of the next parliament in last weekend’sgeneral elections, according to an announcement from the Union ElectionCommission (UEC) on November 11.

Representing the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD),U Win Myint contested in the Tamwe constituency of the Yangon region.

A total of 5,639 candidates, including 1,106 fromthe ruling party and 1,089 from the Union Solidarity and Development Party(USDP), vied for 1,117 parliamentary seats in the elections held on November 8.

So far, 338 representatives have been elected to the parliamentat three levels and the NLD secured 278 seats, including 100 in the House ofRepresentatives, or the lower house, 30 in the House of Nationalities, or theupper house, and 148 in the regional or state parliaments so far, according tothe UEC's announcement on election results.

Meanwhile, 25 candidates from the USDP, including its Chairman U Than Htay, won the parliamentary seats, along with 35 candidatesfrom other parties.

It was the third general election in Myanmar during the last60 years, with more than 37 million eligible voters.

In the previous general election held in November 2015, theNLD had a landslide victory, securing more than 77 percent of seats in theparliament. The party has led the country since 2016./.
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