Early voting has begun in Myanmar’s historic election.

Expats in Thailand lined up to cast their ballots on Saturday at their county’s embassy in Bangkok.

Only a small fraction of Myanmar’s citizens living in Thailand are registered for a vote that is expected to see Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy do well.

Ahead of #Myanmar elections, planned for 8 Nov, Aung San Suu Kyi vows to lead country if her party wins: http://t.co/lJhCXkX6Cf— Guardian Weekly (@guardianweekly) 7 Octobre 2015

The ballot will go ahead as planned on November 8 despite disruption caused by widespread flooding.

It is seen as a test of the transition from military rule in the former pariah state, also known as Burma, where the junta ceded power to a semi-civilian government four years ago.

The military though remains powerful and President Thein Sein is a former general.

What is more, rights groups condemned last week’s arrests of two activists in Myanmar who ha