Burma’s pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has hailed a "victory of the people" after winning a seat in elections.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rangoon, to celebrate reports that the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s party had won 44 seats in yesterday’s poll.
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It’s the first set of elections that the National League for Democracy has contested in 22 years, but the ruling military still controls the country.
However, Suu Kyi says it is a ‘new era’ for Burma.
