Partial results from Sunday's election in Thailand showed a pro-military party slightly ahead of the populist party leading a "democratic front," an unexpected and, for many, stunning outcome from the country's first poll since a 2014 army coup. Trailing with 7.12 million votes was Pheu Thai, a party linked to exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose loyalists have won every election since 2001. Pheu Thai could still win the lion's share of these because of its concentrated popularity in the north and northeast of the country. Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, centre, speaks to journalists after casting his vote at a polling station in Bangkok. I don't think this is what the people wanted," said Pheu Thai supporter Polnotcha Chakphet.

Source: CBC News March 24, 2019 03:56 UTC