Thailand Election 2011

The results of the election are clear. According to

Thailand’s Election Commission, as reported by AP, Pheu

Thai will likely end up with approximately 260 seats

in Parliament, enough to ensure a majority and form a government.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures to media prior to leaving Government House in Bangkok on

May 9. Thailand's general election will be held on July 3 after the king endorsed a royal decree to dissolve the
lower house, the government spokesman said.

9:20 p.m. Will end live blog post now and revert to individual posts with analysis of the result. 8:50 p.m. So

Puea Thai 257 + Chart Thai Pattana 20 + Chart Pattana Puea Paendin 9 . BP:  This is around 290 and then

maybe Palangchon we are closer to 300…. 8:45 p.m. Wayne Hay of.

But as Thailand heads toward a national election this weekend, Thaksin looks set to get a new lease on his

political life. The Pheu Thai party, which he controls from Dubai, is poised to defeat incumbent Prime Minister

Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Democrat Party. And the person he can thank for that turnaround is the woman

The prospect of a Pheu Thai victory has heightened concerns of post-election violence that has led investors

to sell Thai stocks and the currency over the past month. Victories by Thaksin-backed parties in the last three

elections, achieved with support from voters in the poorer north and northeast, have been overturned by the

army and the courts.