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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Zaheena Rasheed

DARK SECRETS: What s at stake in thailand s parliamentary election - The Real Truth

Election Commission volunteers inspect ballots and voting materials for distribution to polling booths in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 13, 2023 [Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP]

Bangkok, Thailand — Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in what analysts have called the country’s “most pivotal election to date”.

The poll is the first in the Southeast Asian country since a youth-led uprising in 2020 that broke long-held taboos by calling for curbs on the powers of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, as well as an end to a near-decade of military-backed rule.

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