Counting the votes after polling booths close at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Burma, 07 November 2010. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Myanmar soldiers and police check vehicles travelling through the capital Naypyitaw as Myanmar (Burma) went to the polls and voted , 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa Myanmar soldiers and police check vehicles travelling through the capital Naypyitaw as Myanmar (Burma) went to the polls and voted , 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Counting the votes after polling booths close at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa Counting the votes after polling booths close at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Poll officers show the empty ballot box after counting at the poll station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar,7 November 2010. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar's military-ruled population started voting in the country's first election in 20 years, designed to introduce 'discipline-flourishing democracy'. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since 27 May 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election, in 1990, was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Voters carrying their children as they wait outside a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa Voters carrying their children as they wait outside a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A Burmese family casts their votes in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population started voting 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa A Burmese family casts their votes in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population started voting 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A Burmese woman casts her vote watched by a government election official (R) at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 07 November 2010. Myanmar's military-ruled population started voting in the country's first election in 20 years, designed to introduce 'discipline-flourishing democracy'. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since 27 May 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election, in 1990, was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A Burmese woman casts her vote at a polling station in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 07 November 2010. Myanmar's military-ruled population started voting in the country's first election in 20 years, designed to introduce 'discipline-flourishing democracy'. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since 27 May 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election, in 1990, was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A Burmese woman casts her vote in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 07 November 2010, her face marked with tanaka powder from the bark of the tanaka tree. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar's military-ruled population started voting in the country's first election in 20 years, designed to introduce 'discipline-flourishing democracy'. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since 27 May 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election, in 1990, was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A Burmese woman casts her vote in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa A Burmese woman casts her vote in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population voted 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
A uniformed Burmese man looks for his name on election lists outside a polling station in the new capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population started voting 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAINGepa A uniformed Burmese man looks for his name on election lists outside a polling station in the new capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma), 07 November 2010. Naypyitaw is home mostly to military junta and government employees and families. Myanmar‘s military-ruled population started voting 07 November in the country‘s first election in 20 years. An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote, the first polls since May 27, 1990. The election has raised few expectations for real democracy in Myanmar, but some are hoping it is a small step towards change in a country which has been under military dictatorships since 1962. The last election was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest at the time, but the junta blocked the NLD from power and has kept Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi under house arrest for 15 of the past 20 years. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
