Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and two of his rival candidates, Pita Limjaroenrat and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, cast their votes in Bangkok. Read more:
The Pheu Thai Party was ahead with 6.45% of eligible votes counted by 1333 GMT, followed by another opposition party, Move Forward, according to the election commission's preliminary count.The election pits a progressive opposition against parties backed by a nexus of old money, conservatives and generals at the heart of two decades of upheaval in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.
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