Yangon: Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) on Wednesday announced that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Sunday's general election and has been re-elected to the House of Representatives (Lower House).

Representing her National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi, who is the party chairperson, contested in Yangon's Kawhmu constituency mainly against rival U Kyaw Zin Hein, candidate of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), reported Xinhua.