Thai poll turnout a record
December 27 Turnout in Thailand’s election reached a record 74.45%, higher than the 70% projected by the army-backed government, according to the Election Commission Chairman Apichart Sukhagganond.Final figures provided by the Commission show that about 32.8m of the 45.64m eligible voters cast ballots.
The People Power Party (Thaksin’s allies) won 233 of the 480 seats in parliament, [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under Economic News.
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The long awaited return to democracy in Thailand…..
Looks like the long awaited return to democracy as voters across the country went to the polls on Saturday for the first of two days of advance voting, and the Election Commission indicated that the polls were peaceful….and busy…
The Bangkok Post reports almost a million voters turned out across the country yesterday to cast advance [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Thai life and leisure.
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