BANGKOK: Thais queued under the blistering sun outside temples, shopping centres and schools to cast their early ballots on Sunday (May 7) ahead of a much-anticipated election next week. More than 2 million Thais nationwide are registered to vote early ahead of the kingdom's
, who took power in a 2014 coup before cementing control in a controversial 2019 election, has been languishing in opinion polls with voters favouring old-school opposition party Pheu Thai and the more radical Move Forward Party.
"I hope this election will change the country in a better way," said shopping mall worker Srisuda Wongsa-ad, 28, after casting her ballot. "I am voting for a candidate and party that I like, that can answer my needs," she said, adding that she was voting early as it was more convenient for her. Despite the early hour, temperatures across the capital - which like much of Thailand endured a vicious April heatwave - were soaring and expected to hit 39 degrees Celsius later Sunday."I am quite excited," said first-time voter Pasawee Sriarunothai, 20, who will be out of Bangkok on May 14.
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