Thailand's first general election since 2014 starts

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha casts his ballot at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2019. Thai voters flock to polling stations across the country on Sunday for the country's first general election since the 2014 coup. Eligible voters have been lining up at polling station since 6:00 a.m. local time. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cast his ballot at a station in Bangkok at about 8:30 a.m. local time. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

BANGKOK, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Thai voters begin to cast their ballots from 8:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning for the country's first election since the 2014 coup.

Voting will be held from 8:00 a.m local time to 5:00 p.m. local time. More than 51 million people are expected to show up.