YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The latest on landmark elections in Myanmar. All times local.

6 a.m.

Polls have opened in Myanmar's historic elections that are expected to be won by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party.

Sunday's elections are seen as a test whether the military's grip on power will loosen, allowing the country to transition toward greater democracy. Myanmar was ruled by a junta for 50 years until 2011, and then for five years by a quasi-civilian government comprising former generals.

As voting began, long lines formed outside polling booths set up in Buddhist temples, schools and government buildings.

A total of 91 parties are contesting, but the main fight is between Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and the military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party.

Some 30 million voters are eligible to cast ballots over the next 10 ½ hours.