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, CNN reported.

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.

The president’s spokesman said on Wednesday that the government would obey the results and work to transfer power peacefully, after offering congratulations to Aung San Suu Kyi.

“We will respect and obey the decision of the electorate,” Ye Htut, also the minister of information, said on his Facebook page. “We will work peacefully in the transfer [of power]. Congratulations … to the chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi and her party for gathering the support of the people.”

Myanmar’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing has also sent congratulations.

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.