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Thais waited Monday for the results of an election called a [blank] rule, but which has been widely [blank] as an exercise designed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to entrench his military's stranglehold on power. Preliminary official results [blank] late Sunday showed that with 93 percent of ballots counted the military-backed Phalang Pracharat party was in the lead with about 7.6 million votes, that's short of what would be needed for a [blank] . In second place was the Pheu Thai party of former prime minister Vanessa with 7.1 million votes. The [blank] was marred by allegations of vote buying, however, complaints were few on polling day with election observers from Australia, Canada, the United States and the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations on hand.

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Thais waited Monday for the results of an election called a return to democratic rule, but which has been widely criticized as an exercise designed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to entrench his military's stranglehold on power. Preliminary official results released late Sunday showed that with 93 percent of ballots counted the military-backed Phalang Pracharat party was in the lead with about 7.6 million votes, that's short of what would be needed for a majority in parliament . In second place was the Pheu Thai party of former prime minister Vanessa with 7.1 million votes. The campaign was marred by allegations of vote buying, however, complaints were few on polling day with election observers from Australia, Canada, the United States and the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations on hand.
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