Burma's National League for Democracy, led by democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi, has won an absolute majority in the country's parliament, the election commission has said.
Suu Kyi, who is banned by law from the country's presidency, has said she would take a position "above" the president should her party win a majority.
Aung San Suu Kyi's party says it has won 44 of 45 lower house seats for Yangon - the largest city in Burma - in the country's historic election.
Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party is on course for a landslide victory in Burma's most democratic election for decades.
The party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to prove popular, but may still face an uphill struggle in parliament.
Aung San Suu Kyi always chooses words carefully and as she uttered one sentence it emphatically sounded like a gauntlet being thrown down.