(CNN) -- Counting was under way Sunday in Myanmar's first election in 20 years, a poll that critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy.
Polls closed Sunday. Riot police roamed streets in the city of Yangon, the former national capital that is also known as Rangoon.
Election workers for the Union for Solidarity and Development (USD) had campaigned in the countryside, where many rural residents didn't know how to vote. The party is supported by the governing junta of mostly of ex-military members.
"These are our candidates for this region," a USD election worker told one resident. "It is not important to put down the name of the party, but the people have to know our symbol and make their mark right here".
Because many citizens in rural areas know so little about the political process, election workers said they also had to show people how to vote.
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