Thailand holds it first election in eight years on Sunday under rules concocted by the military to keep it in power, but with the appeal of both ...
He was toppled by an earlier coup in 2006, but his affiliated Pheu Thai party taps a deep seam of loyalty from the poor but populous rural north and northeast.
With the senate onside, the military-linked party needs just 126 elected seats to secure a parliamentary majority - setting up a potential collision over a denied mandate. More than seven million millennials are eligible to vote for the first time, most unencumbered by old political loyalties - injecting uncertainty into the outcome.
Its figurehead, army chief-turned-premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha has undergone a last-ditch Instagram makeover in a bid to strike a softer pose and return as a civilian premier, a cause aided by senators whose jobs will be owed to him.RIVALS OLD AND NEW
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