Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party take part in an election campaign event with a portrait of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday, ahead of November's elections. Photo: AFP

Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said Monday it was confident of winning a landslide victory in Myanmar as official results trickled in following the weekend's coronavirus-disrupted election.

Millions lined up for hours to cast their ballots on Sunday - only the second national election since the country emerged from outright military rule in 2011.

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi remains a heroine for many in the Bamar majority heartlands.

NLD supporters celebrated late into the night on Sunday - and hundreds more drove in convoys around the outskirts of Yangon Monday, wearing red and flying the party's fighting peacock flag.

Party spokesman Myo Nyunt told AFP that information from party agents across the country suggested the NLD had "won a landslide victory."

"We won't only win the 322 seats we need to form a government, but we expect to break our 2015 record of 390."

In 2015, the NLD won a landslide but was forced by the constitution into an uneasy power-sharing agreement with the military, which controls three key ministries and a quarter of parliamentary seats.

The military-aligned USDP opposition, Myanmar's next biggest party, said it was still collecting information and would not comment.

Official confirmation of the overall result is not expected for another few days.

AFP