Suu Kyi Wins Parliament Seat

Aung San Suu Kyi's party says she has won a seat in Burma's parliament in today's landmark election, setting the stage for the pro-democracy icon to hold public office for the first time. The victory, if confirmed, marks a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for a half-century and where the government is now seeking legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions.

The victory claim was displayed on a digital signboard above the opposition National League for Democracy's headquarters in Burma's main city, Yangon. Earlier, the party said in unofficial figures that Suu Kyi was ahead with 65% of the vote in 82 of her constituency's 129 polling stations. Suu Kyi had earlier pulled off the campaign trail claiming fatigue, then accused the government of interfering with the election.