2015 Myanmar General Election Sunday Nov 08,2015 - Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy(NLD)wins majority in historic Myanmar vote

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party won a majority in parliament on Friday in the Southeast Asian nation's historic election.

With votes still being counted, the Union Election Commission said the National League for Democracy (NLD) party had crossed the 329 threshold of seats needed for an outright majority in both houses of the 664-member parliament.

NLD captured 21 lower house seats on Friday Nov 13,2015, the election commission said, taking its total to 348 seats with 82.9 percent of the vote now confirmed.

The party holding a majority is able to select the next president, who can then name a cabinet and form a new government.

Suu Kyi won the last free vote in 1990, but the military ignored the result. She spent most of the next 20 years under house arrest before her release in 2010.

She is barred from taking the presidency because she's married to a foreigner under a constitution written by the then-ruling generals to preserve their power. But Suu Kyi has said that may change once her party is in power.

The country's first free election in 25 years took place on Sunday Nov 08,2015

Myanmar's Turbulent Past - Timeline   1988: Disastrous economic mismanagement and political repression see Burma erupt in protest. The military responds brutally, killing an estimated 3,000 people. Suu Kyi emerges as a key Opposition leader. 1990: Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy wins a landslide victory in elections but the result is ignored by the military who launch a new crackdown. Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest. 1991: Suu Kyi wins the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest. 1992: General Than Shwe becomes the new junta chief. 2005: A new isolated city Naypyidaw ("Abode of Kings") is revealed as the country's capital. 2007: Major protests partially led by Buddhist monks, dubbed the "Saffron Revolution," break out over the summer. Junta eventually responds once more with violence. 2010: Junta holds elections in early November and the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party claims victory. NLD and many other parties refuse to take part. Observers do not consider the poll free or fair. Less than a week later, Suu Kyi is released. 2011: In a surprise move, the junta relinquishes power to a quasi-civilian government under former General Thein Sein, who pursues reforms. Many basic rights are restored, including the lifting of restrictions on assembly and expression. Hundreds of political prisoners are freed. 2012: NLD wins 43 out of 45 seats in April by-elections. Suu Kyi becomes an MP. The United States and the European Union begin lifting sanctions and Western businesses start flocking to the country. Sectarian violence flares in western Rakhine State, mainly aimed at the Rohingya Muslims. 2015:Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) has won a landslide victory in Myanmar after general elections on Sunday November 08,2015. It was the country's first national vote since a nominally civilian government was introduced in 2011, ending nearly 50 years of military rule.