Aung San Suu Kyi on course for landslide victory in Burma

Ruling party concedes in first free nationwide vote in 25 years

Burma’s ruling party conceded defeat in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

“We lost,” said Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) acting chairman Htay Oo a day after the south-east Asian country’s first free nationwide election in a quarter of a century.