Polls close in Myanmar vote, Suu Kyi expected to win

Election officials began counting votes in Myanmar after the country went to the polls on Sunday in large numbers, in nationwide elections which are expected to return Aung San Suu Kyi to power.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won the last elections in 2015 by a landslide, in a result which ended more than five decades of military rule.

With Myanmar under threat from a coronavirus surge, mask wearing was mandatory in the lines at polling stations, and many voters also donned plastic face shields and gloves.

Body temperatures were taken and hand sanitizing gel was freely dispensed by officials, but social distancing rules were only fitfully observed.

The Election Commission said it would begin to announce results Monday morning, but that it may take up to a week to collect all the votes, some of which will come from remote areas.

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