Aung San Suu Kyi 'wins landslide landmark election' as Burma rejoices The numbers quickly rose to thousands as officials led supporters wearing their red party colours and waving peacock flags. They became increasing ecstatic as results started to pour in on a giant outside television screen. The Rangoon headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (AP) Sonny Nyunt Thein, the head of the influential Burma Egress policy centre which has advised President Thein Sein on several of his democratic reforms, said early results indicated the NLD would win at least 75 per cent of the 45 by-elections in a "landslide victory." If confirmed, the results would give the NLD a block of 31 seats to create a vocal opposition in the parliament and put it in pole position to win the next general election in 2015. NLD sources said they had won all 11 seats where counting had been completed last night, including one in President Thein Sein's new capital Naypyidaw, where many local people work for his government. "It looks like a landslide, more than 75 per cent and that means a good image for the country," said Mr Nyunt Thein. There was no independent confirmation and official results were expected within a week. Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is surrounded by supporters and journalists as she leaves a polling station in Kawhmu (AFP/Getty Images) The scale of her apparent victory would effectively counter claims, including some from Ms Suu Kyi, that the election had not been free and fair - one of the key conditions for the lifting of United States and European Union sanctions. If [her victory] is like this, it's clearly a free and fair election. If the international community accepts this election as clean, I'm sure they will lift the sanctions," he added. The NLD leader had last week alleged intimidation and sabotage against government officials and figures in the president's Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and urged international observers to investigate. Yesterday's voting was marred by fresh claims that several villages were excluded from voter lists and that ballot papers in Ms Suu Kyi's constituency were marked with wax so NLD votes could be wiped away. European Union observers had earlier warned that they would not be able to declare the elections free and fair because they had not been invited in sufficient time to carry out a full and credible inspection mission. The UN declaration on principles of observation means observation is a long term presence and analysis of the whole process not just the election day. The invitation is extremely welcome, a sign of a first step towards transparency and openness. "We're here because it's an interesting moment but not in a position to assess whether these elections are credible," EU monitoring official Malgorzata Wasilewska told The Daily Telegraph. She later added that some of the polling stations had been "well-organised." Outside the polling station several voters voiced their delight at being free to vote for the NLD, many for the first time in 22 years. Suthi Hei, a 29 year old gem trader, said he had just voted for the first time - he was 8 years old when Ms Suu Kyi's 1990 election victory was overturned by the military. For 20 years our country has suffered but she has worked for us all that time. This is my first vote, and I was glad I could vote for the NLD," he said. Raphael Elias Kyaw, a 46 year old taxi driver dressed in Burma's traditional tartan lunghi sarong and a crisp white shirt, said he felt overcome with emotion when he cast his vote early yesterday morning for the NLD. He had voted for Ms Suu Kyi's party in 1990. I was so angry then, but what could we do? I'm so happy to be able to vote for the NLD once again. Our future will be better, maybe next time she will win the government. She is our soul," he said.