Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted outside a polling station in Kawhmu township April 1, 2012, where she stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
A boy sits in front of a name list of voters as his father searches for his at a ballot station during the by-election in Yangon April 1, 2012.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 
Staff wait for voters at a ballot station during by-elections in Yangon April 1, 2012.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 
A woman casts her vote at a ballot station during by-elections in Hlegu, about 45 kms (28 miles) northeast of Yangon, April 1, 2012. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century.REUTERS/Staff 
Buddhist novice nuns greet the convoy escorting Aung San Suu Kyi.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
Buddhist monks try to get a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi visiting a polling station near their monastery in Kawhmu township April 1, 2012, where she stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
An election official uses a torchlight to check the clock before opening a polling station in Kawhmu township April 1, 2012, where Aung San Suu Kyi stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
Women search for their names on a voters list in front of a ballot station during by-elections in Yangon April 1, 2012. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century.REUTERS/Staff 
Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted outside a polling station she visits in Kawhmu township April 1, 2012, where she stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
Former Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt talks to reporters as he gets into a car after voting at a polling station in Mayangone township during by-elections in Yangon April 1, 2012.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 
People wait to cast their votes at a polling station in Kawhmu township April 1, 2012, where Aung San Suu Kyi stands as a candidate in parliamentary by-elections. Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 
Election commission staff walks past ballot boxes as he sets up a ballot station in Yangon March 30, 2012. Myanmar's by-elections will be held on April 1, and the election commission accepts advance votes on March 30 and 31. The signs on the blue screens read "closed voting" and the boxes in the foreground read "Ballot box for lower house candidate".REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Clearing way to enter the parliament for democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, her National League for Democracy (NLD) party clean swept the Sunday's by-election in Myanmar.
The pro-democratic party, NLD won 44 seats out of the 45 seats in the 664-seat Myanmar parliament.
"As far as we have heard from our sources, NLD candidates won in all 44 seats. I think the Election Commission will come up with official announcements soon," NLD campaign manager Nyan Win told Reuters.
It also reported that the victory claim was displayed in a large digital board outside the headquarters of NLD in Myanmar.
Thousands of pro-democratic supporters gathered at the NLD party headquarters, waving red flags and shouting slogans, "We Won! We Won!".
Meanwhile, amidst NLD's clean swept, the United States and European Union had hinted they could lift some sanctions - imposed over the past two decades in response to human rights abuses - if the election was free and fair.
After the Sunday election, the 66-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate issued a statement asking supporters to respect other parties.
"It is natural that the NLD members and their supporters are joyous at this point. However, it is necessary to avoid manners and actions that will make the other parties and members upset. It is very important that NLD members take special care that the success of the people is a dignified one," said Suu Kyi.
10 Points About 2012 By-Election:
- Military took power in a 1962 coup
- The military government called a widely criticized general election in 1990. NLD won the election but the result was nullified.
- Almost after 15 years of house arrest, Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest in Nov. 1, 2010
- March 30, 2011 President Thein Sein, a general in the former junta assumed office.
- The president made dramatic reformation. He freed hundreds of political leaders including Suu Kyi in a year.
- U.S secretary of state Hillary Clinton made the first visit to the country by a U.S. secretary of state since 1955.
- 18 January 2012, Suu Kyi formally registered to contest a Pyithu Hluttaw(lower house) seat in the Kawhmu Township
- During a mass election campaign in Mandalay, Suu Kyi unexpectedly left after 15 minutes, because of exhaustion and airsickness on March 3, 2012.
- On 14 March 2012, Suu Kyi publicly campaigned for reform of the 2008 Constitution
- NLD announced it had won 44 seats out the 45 vacant parliament seats in 2012 elections on April 1, 2012
Chek out the photos of the historic by-election.
