Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD wins historic majority in Myanmar election

Aung San Suu Kyi wins seat as NLD's margins widen 01:11

Story highlights

• Historic vote was seen as a test of the powerful military's acceptance of democracy
• Her party's win comes on the fifth anniversary of her release from house arrest

(CNN)Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a historic majority in Myanmar's parliament, marking the nation's rejection of decades of military rule.

While the results haven't been officially certified, the win by the National League for Democracy means it will choose the country's next President.

The announcement, made by the election commission Friday, comes on the fifth anniversary of Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, where the 70-year-old had been for the better part of 20 years.

Sunday's elections were the first freely held in the nation in 25 years. Suu Kyi herself was reelected to her seat in the Kawhmu constituency in Yangon.

Barred from the top spot

Despite her party's win, the leader of Myanmar's long-fought democracy movement can't become President.

Why Myanmar is such a dramatic story 03:47

A change in Myanmar's constitution, drafted by the military, prevents anyone with foreign family members from becoming the nation's leader.

Suu Kyi's late husband was British. Her children hold British passports.

Still, she's pushing forward.

She said last week she would be "above the President" if her party won the parliamentary election.

But complicating any efforts to change the rules in the future, the military also has an effective veto over any proposed constitutional changes.