DHAKA: Myanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party on its success in polls.

His spokesman told the BBC.

With about 47% of seats declared, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has taken over 90% of the vote.

Suu Kyi has written to the leadership requesting talks on national reconciliation.

But spokesman U Ye Htut said such a meeting could only take place after the final results were announced.

He insisted there was no attempt to delay the declaration of results from Sunday’s election.

Correspondents say Suu Kyi is treading carefully despite her apparent landslide victory.

The NLD won elections decisively in 1990 - only for the result to be nullified and Suu Kyi placed under long-term house arrest.

The ruling military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) - which won the last, widely criticized election five years ago - has so far gained only 5% of the seats being contested in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

However, a quarter of seats are reserved for the military.

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