1/14Supporters of Myanmar's National League for Democracy party cheer as they watch early voting results outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
2/14Myanmar election commission officer shows a ballot to count votes at a polling station during the country’s general election in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
3/14Muslims stand in a line to cast their vote outside of a polling station in Mandalay, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
4/14Myanmar's President Thein Sein casts his vote in Naypyitaw, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
5/14Sein Kyi, 87, and his family members display their inked fingers after voting in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
6/14Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to cast her ballot during the general election in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
7/14Election observers from the European Union at a polling station in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
8/14Zimbabueanos celebram nas ruas à porta do parlamento após o anúncio da resignação de Robert Mugabe
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
9/14Women search for names on a voter's registration list at a polling station in the village of Dala, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
10/14Volunteers prepare ballots for voters at a polling station in Dala, a village outside of Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
11/14One of the 40,000 ordinary citizens drafted as "special police" to help provide security at polling stations on election day in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
12/14A worker at a polling station inspects a clean ballot, Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
13/14An elderly voter is assisted in reaching his polling station in Yangon, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
14/14People stand outside a polling station in Mandalay, Nov. 8, 2015.
Millions of voters begin streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. As many as 30 million people are expected to cast ballots Sunday to select from more than 6,000 candidates for both houses of the national parliament and regional assemblies.
นางซูจีและพรรคสันนิบาตแห่งชาติเพื่อประชาธิปไตย เคยชนะเลือกตั้งมาแล้วเมื่อปี ค.ศ 1990 แต่เธอถูกกีดกันไม่ให้เป็นประธานาธิบดีในครั้งนั้น บรรดานักวิเคราะห์ต่างเชื่อว่าพรรค NLD จะทำผลงานได้ดีอีกครั้งในการเลือกตั้งครั้งนี้ ซึ่งต้องขับเคี่ยวกับพรรค Union Solidarity and Development Party หรือ USDP ของ ปธน.เต็ง เส่ง ที่มีกองทัพหนุนหลัง
Members of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) stand in front of a portrait of Myanmar President Thein Sein on display during a campaign rally for the upcoming general election, Nov 6, 2015, in outskirts of Yangon.
Zinlat Aung ans Su Htwe Aung contributed to this report.
