Suu Kyi favoured for election win

Myanmar voted on Sunday in a general election seen as a referendum on the fledgling democratic government that remains popular at home but has seen its reputation collapse overseas amid allegations of genocide.

While results are not expected until Monday, leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) was predicted to win comfortably. Thousands of her supporters gathered outside the party headquarters as darkness fell, waving flags and chanting “NLD must win!”

Suu Kyi has the support of a population that largely sees her as a heroine of democracy for her struggle against dictatorship. Her 2015 landslide win ended more than a half- century of military and military-backed rule.

Mo r e than a million people were unable to vote after some polls were cancelled due to insurgencies.