[by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Vote counting continues in Myanmar, [00:02.96]but international observers say [00:05.52]the opposition National League for Democracy [00:08.84](NLD) is heading for a landslide win. [00:13.32]Questions remain how much authority [00:16.12]the newly elected leaders will be given. [00:19.68]Results released so far show the NLD has won 126 seats. [00:27.00]The Union Solidarity Development Party [00:30.08]that is backed by the military has won only eight seats. [00:35.04]It is the first free election in 25 years. [00:39.56]"The fact that that losing USDP candidates [00:43.08]are accepting defeat is encouraging for process credibility," [00:48.28]said Alexander Lambsdorff, [00:50.56]head of the European Union's election observation mission [00:54.40]at a press conference Tuesday. [00:56.72]He said the election "process went better than many people expected beforehand." [01:03.32]More than 30 million people cast ballots in Sunday's election. [01:09.56]Still, Lambsdorff said the vote cannot be considered [01:13.32]truly democratic because 25 percent of the seats were not contested. [01:19.80]Under Myanmar's constitution, [01:22.08]25 percent of the seats are set aside for the military. [01:26.92]He also voiced concern that Rohingya Muslims [01:31.28]were largely absent from voting rolls and candidate lists. [01:36.32]He said the lack of Muslim participation reflects their disenfranchisement. [01:43.16]Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, [01:46.68]said she would not call the election "free and fair." [01:50.80]Robinson represented the Carter Center as an election observer. [01:56.24]The Carter Center, founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, [02:01.06]monitors elections across the globe. [02:04.48]"And I wouldn't tend to use that expression anyway, [02:08.32]if you've got 25 percent of both houses [02:11.40](of parliament) to the military, [02:13.88]problems with the constitution, [02:16.00]people excluded because they're Muslim or the Rohingya," [02:20.08]Robinson told the Voice of America.