昂山素季所在政黨在緬甸大選遙遙領先
Thousands of National League for Democracy followers at its headquarters in Yangon roared over and over yesterday as a big screen flashed up early official results that showed the party almost sweeping the board in some stronghold areas. Street sellers even offered T-shirts saying: “We won” — replacing the previous model, which had declared “We must win.”
緬甸全國民主聯盟(NLD)的成千上萬追隨者昨日在該黨仰光總部不斷歡呼，大屏幕上的官方初步計票結果顯示，該黨在部分堡壘選區幾乎橫掃了所有選票。街頭商販甚至已開始出售寫着“我們贏了”的T恤衫，代替了此前的“我們必須贏”的版本。
The jubilation marked a release of decades of frustration after the country’s long years of dictatorship, the mood tempered neither by the lack of full evidence of triumph nor potential defeats outside party heartlands. NLD activists and a top official insisted they were confident of winning the 67 per cent of available seats needed for an overall majority in parliament, where a quarter of the places are reserved for the military.
人們的歡呼是他們對該國漫長獨裁統治蓄積了數十年不滿的宣泄。雖然缺少最後勝利的確鑿證據，而且該黨在其核心地區以外可能遭遇挫敗，但人們的歡樂情緒依然不減。全國民主聯盟的積極分子及一名高官堅稱，對於贏得議會絕對多數所需的67%的競爭席位，他們充滿信心。緬甸議會四分之一的席位是爲軍方保留的。
“I never saw a scene like this,” said Win Maw Twin, a 49-year-old shipping company assistant manager, who was in tears as the crowd sang NLD songs while a damp Yangon afternoon turned to dusk. “This is the great victory.”
49歲的航運公司副經理Win Maw Twin表示：“我從未見過與此類似的場景。”在潮溼的仰光暮色降臨之際，人羣唱起了全國民主聯盟的歌曲，Win Maw Twin在那一刻淚流滿面。他說：“這是個偉大的勝利。”
Ms Suu Kyi, who is seeking to repeat the triumph snatched from the NLD 25 years ago by the military junta, declined to comment on the election outcome. But she told supporters: “I think you all have the idea of the results.”
試圖重現25年前全國民主聯盟取得的壓倒性勝利（隨後被軍政府奪走）的昂山素季(Aung San Suu Kyi)拒絕置評選舉結果。不過她向支持者表示：“我想你們都已對選舉結果心知肚明。”
U Win Htein, a senior NLD staffer and former political prisoner, said unofficial results and internal polling suggested the party would win a majority in what was billed as the
全國民主聯盟資深成員、曾是政治犯的溫登(Win Htein，音譯)表示，非官方結果和內部調查都顯示該黨會在選舉中贏得多數席位。這次選舉被形容爲自1962年軍政府掌權以來最自由的一次選舉。他聲稱，全國民主聯盟已經在緬甸14個主要行政區中的至少11個區贏得了多數選票。
