Myanmar's election commission summoned major political parties on Tuesday to discuss postponing a historic Nov 8 general election due to the worst flooding to hit the country in decades, a government official and two politicians present said.


Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to do well in the poll, which has been billed as the country's first free and fair election in 25 years.  -- Reuters