--- description: Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has indicated that her National League for Democracy is poised to win Sunday’s elections title: Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Eyes Election Victory image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd65169ed828dbe/6988701e196cf41aea038e03/rts633i.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Burma](/tag/burma/) ## Burma Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Her Party Eye Landslide Victory in Historic Elections  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Nov 9, 2015 8:18 AM CUT  Burma's National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to supporters after general elections in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015 Burma's National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to supporters after general elections in Yangon on Nov. 9, 2015Jorge Silva—Reuters  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Nov 9, 2015 8:18 AM CUT Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has [indicated](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f31bd60bb9ca46b7a8d3aa34587e0baa/myanmar-president-says-military-will-respect-poll-results "undefined") that her National League for Democracy (NLD) has likely won Sunday’s national elections by a landslide, with current projections giving the pro-democracy party around 70% of votes cast. According to the Associated Press, the 70-year-old former political prisoner told a crowd of supporters “I think you all have the idea of the results.” However, she also cautioned: “It is still a bit early to congratulate our candidates who will be the winners.” Sunday’s ballot is shaping up to be the freest election Burma (officially known as Myanmar) has seen since 1990, when the NLD won a huge majority only for the then junta to annul the result. Suu Kyi has spent most of the intervening years under house arrest. Htay Oo, chairman of the ruling military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, which is stacked with former junta generals, [told](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pHGrFQPJ4 "undefined") local news service Democratic Voice of Burma on Sunday that his party was heading for a loss. “Nationwide, we won in some regions, states and divisions, but also lost in some others,” he said. “We have higher percentage of losses than wins.” Although the NLD seems destined to gain the majority of votes, several obstacles remain to the party taking power. Suu Kyi remains personally barred from the presidency (because her late husband and two sons are foreign nationals), while a quarter of legislative seats are reserved for the armed forces, giving the powerful military an effective veto over constitutional amendments. The heads of certain key ministries — Home, Defense and Border Affairs — must also be military appointees. The first indications of official results are expected around 6 p.m. local time on Monday. ### Inside Burma’s First Free Nationwide Election in 25 years  A voter holds his citizen ID card while lining up to cast his ballot at a polling station in Yangon, Burma on Nov. 8, 2015. Rungroj Yongrit—EPA  People stand outside a polling station in Mandalay, Burma on Nov. 8, 2015. Hkun Lat—AP  Voters check the list at a polling station in the Chinatown during Myanmar's first free and fair election in Yangon on Nov. 8, 2015. Lam Yik Fei—Getty Images  The media prepares as Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's National League for Democracy party, arrives at a polling station in Yangon, on Nov. 8, 2015. Amanda Mustard—AP  Aung San Suu Kyivisits a polling station in Kawhmu township, Yangon on Nov. 8, 2015. Ye Aung Thu—AFP/Getty Images  Votes are counted in an unfinished building being used as a polling station in Yangon on Nov. 8, 2015. Amanda Mustard—AP  People take part of the rally outside the National League for Democracy office after Burma's first free and fair election, in Yangon on Nov. 8, 2015. 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