Thai polls point to pro-Thaksin party victory
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The People Power Party (PPP), a vehicle for supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election, two exit polls said.
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Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra is cruising into February 6 polls with an unassailable lead, after a first term navigating unforeseen crises from bird flu and separatist violence to the unprecedented tsunami.
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Polls opened Sunday in Thailand's first national election after a military coup, with loyalists of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected to capture the most votes, The Associated Press reported
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With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that he was prepared to return to Thailand.
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Thailand's opposition leader Banyat Bantadtan conceded defeat in Sunday's election, after TV exit polls projected a massive victory by the ruling party.
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A strong economy is expected to hand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a solid majority Sunday.
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The leader of the party allied to Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he has won the general election.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he was confident the party he backed in weekend elections could form a coalition government, unless prevented unfairly, allowing him to return from exile.
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Thais voted on Sunday in a post-coup general election that supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sought to turn into a referendum on his return from exile.
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Thailand's parliament elected pugnacious right-winger Samak Sundaravej prime minister on Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian government after a bloodless September 2006 coup.
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Thai lawmakers choose Samak Sundaravej, ally of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the new prime minister.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party is likely to win 399 out of 500 seats in parliament, a Thai television exit poll said on Sunday minutes after voting for a general election finished.
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The winning party in Thailandâs general election said Wednesday it had reached agreement with coalition partners to form a government.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has staged a political comeback, leading his first cabinet meeting since stepping aside seven weeks ago following street protests and controversial polls.
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On Sunday, supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are expected to win a majority in the first parliamentary elections since last September's military coup.
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US Presidential election watchers gather a downtown Bangkok, Thailand, hotel Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, to view results. President George W. Bush and challenger US Sen. John Kerry were locked in a tight race as votes were counted across America.
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BANGKOK, Dec. 23 -- Loyalists of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra won nearly half the seats in Thailand's parliamentary elections Sunday in a striking rebuke to the generals who forced the billionaire populist from power in 2006.