Suu Kyi predicts election majority

In her first interview since historic polls, Myanmar`s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC her party has won an election majority, reports BBC.

Early results point to a sweeping victory for her National League for Democracy, but final official results will not be known for days.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC`s Fergal Keane, Ms Suu Kyi congratulated the people of Myanmar.

The election was the most democratic in Myanmar for 25 years.

She said the polls were not fair but had been "largely free".

Under the constitution she cannot become president, but she said that as party leader she would "find one".

The military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) has been in power since 2011 when the country began its transition from decades of military rule to a civilian government.

The selection of the president is not expected till February or even later next year.