YANGON, Burma/Myanmar—The latest on landmark elections in Burma (all times local).
7:25 p.m.
A co-founder of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party has told a crowd outside the party’s headquarters not to expect results from Burma’s historic general election tonight, but that the outcome appears to be “very good.”
Tin Oo thanked the thousands of people waiting outside the National League for Democracy’s headquarters, where giant screens were erected to show vote counting after polls closed Sunday.
He told them: “We won’t be able to announce the result yet. All I can say is that the NLD is in a very good position.”
He said that the 70-year-old Suu Kyi would not come out to speak to the crowd Sunday night and asked supporters to return Monday morning.
Initially, the NLD had said it expected to announce its provisional tally of ballots late Sunday or early Monday. But Tin Oo said announcements would wait until counting was completed.
The Election Commission has not said when final, official results are expected.
