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Bangkok Post
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MYSTERIOUS: Senators coy over pm pick vote - What They Never Told You

Rally rousing: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, centre, a United Thai Nation (UTN) Party prime ministerial candidate, makes a gesture representing 22, the number of his party, to supporters while party leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, also a UTN prime ministerial candidate, stands beside him with other executives at the final campaign rally at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre on Friday. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Senators will wait for the outcome of Sunday's election before deciding to cast their votes for the next prime minister, they said, while expressing their readiness to support a candidate from whichever party that wins the most House seats.

A source at the Senate told Bangkok Post that the 250 members of the Upper House -- mostly former civil servants, police officers and military personnel -- are now divided into three groups.

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