Thailand counts votes in key election with opposition favoured to win

Paetongtarn Shinawatra cast her vote at a polling station in Bangkok (Wason Wanichakorn/AP)

Vote counting was under way on Sunday in Thailand’s general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup.

Mr Prayuth is now running against the daughter of the politician who is the military’s top nemesis.