Election commission official Tin Aye earlier cited flooding in areas of the country in June and July as the reason for proposing the delay.
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Led by Nobel Peace Prize victor Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD won parliamentary majority in the general election of 1990, but the country’s military rulers refused to recognize the victory.
The other parties attending the meeting made no comment, it is reported.
Three parties agreed to the move, with further groups abstaining and only Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy opposing the plan.
The UEC said elections could not be held in over 400 village areas, mostly in Kachin, Shan and Karen state.
The commission will issue its verdict later Tuesday or on Wednesday.
The commission had urged the major political parties to agree to the postponement.
The elections are a major test for the military establishment in Myanmar.
Four parties agreed to the postponement, including the ruling army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.
But there have been increasing fears that reforms had been stalling in recent months. Postponing the vote could shake confidence in the process, analysts say, especially if a new date isn’t immediately set.
Shwe Mann, the ousted chairman of the USDP, had to postpone a campaign stop planned for Tuesday in his hometown of Phyu in Bago region, north of Yangon, where he is running for a seat in parliament.
Large areas of central and western Myanmar were left under water after heavy monsoon rains earlier this year, with more than 100 people killed and 1.6 million left homeless by the floods.
Foreign companies have poured into Myanmar since its political opening prompted the USA and European Union to relax sanctions. “So the commission has to consider this when deciding whether to postpone or not”, said No Than Kap, who is standing for the Chin Progressive Party.
Myanmar’s general election will go ahead as scheduled on November 8, according to an announcement on state-run television on Tuesday night.
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A ceasefire between the army and Kachin rebels collapsed in 2011 under a new quasi-civilian government.
