- By Jonathan Head
- Southeast Asia Correspondent
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Voting takes place at an outdoor polling station in Bangkok
Voting has begun in Thailand’s general election presided over by the daughter of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The election is being hailed as a turning point for a country that has seen more than a dozen military coups in recent history.
Army General Prayut Chan-Ocha, who led the 2014 coup, is set to return to office.
But he faces a strong challenge from two anti-military parties.
Voting began at 8:00 am (01:00 GMT) on Sunday at 95,000 polling stations across the country.
About 50 million people will vote to elect 500 members of the lower house of parliament – about two million people have already voted.
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