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Burma’s military-backed ruling party appeared set Tuesday for an overwhelming electoral defeat, but a victory by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition NLD party would not mean the end of military involvement in the nation’s politics. Far from it.

The party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in virtually every seat in four states where results of Burma’s historic parliamentary election were known.

The latest on landmark elections in Burma.

Though championed worldwide as a pro-democracy icon, there is something Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to do until Sunday: vote.

With tremendous excitement and hope, millions of citizens voted Sunday in Burma’s historic general election that will test whether the military’s long-standing grip on power can be loosened, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party expected to secure an easy victory.