Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party supporters cheer upon the party's announcement in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April. 1, 2012. Supporters of Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party supporters cheer upon the party's announcement in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April. 1, 2012. Supporters of Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A Myanmar newspaper hawker reads a newspaper featuring pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi a day after landmark by-elections in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 2, 2012. Suu Kyi, 66, was elected to parliament Sunday in a historic victory buffeted by the jubilant cheers of supporters who hope her triumph will mark a major turning point in a nation still emerging from a ruthless era of military rule. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A Myanmar newspaper hawker sells newspapers at a traffic signal a day after landmark by-elections in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 2, 2012. Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi, 66, was elected to parliament Sunday in a historic victory buffeted by the jubilant cheers of supporters who hope her triumph will mark a major turning point in a nation still emerging from a ruthless era of military rule. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Graphic designer of Myanmar's weekly newspaper "Weekly Eleven" looks at the film of the next morning's edition of the newspaper at midnight in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 2, 2012. Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi, 66, was elected to parliament Sunday in a historic victory buffeted by the jubilant cheers of supporters who hope her triumph will mark a major turning point in a nation still emerging from a ruthless era of military rule. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Young supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party watch carefully at a giant screen displaying the election results outside party headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April. 1, 2012. Suu Kyi's party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ? Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes her victory in a landmark election will mark the beginning of a new era for Myanmar.
Suu Kyi spoke to thousands of supporters Monday outside her opposition party headquarters, a day after her party claimed she had won a parliamentary seat in closely watched by-elections.
Suu Kyi called the election "a triumph of the people" and said "we hope this will be the beginning of a new era."
Official results have not yet been released.
If confirmed, the victory would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation that is emerging from a ruthless era of military rule and also an astonishing reversal of fortune for a woman who became one of the world's most prominent prisoners of conscience.
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