About 52 million eligible voters are choosing among progressive opposition parties – one with a knack for winning elections – and others allied with royalist generals keen to preserve the status quo after nine years of government led or backed by the army.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Voting was underway in Thailand on Sunday, May 14, in an election expected to deliver big gains for opposition forces, testing the resolve of a pro-military establishment at the heart of two decades of intermittent turmoil in the coup-prone country.
Elsewhere in the capital, prime ministerial hopefuls for the ruling party and opposition groups cast their votes early on Sunday, including incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. Thaksin’s detractors in the urban middle class viewed him as a corrupt demagogue who abused his position to build his own power base and further enrich his family. Mass protests broke out in Bangkok during his second term in office.
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