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Pro-Thaksin party leads Thai vote | |
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Initial exit polls suggest that the party allied to Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra has taken a strong lead in Sunday's elections. | |
One poll gave the People Power Party (PPP) 202 out of 480 seats, while another poll gave it 256. | |
This is Thailand's first election since the military coup that overthrew Mr Thaksin in September 2006. | |
All eyes will be on the military, as there are fears of another intervention if the PPP forms a government. | |
Mr Thaksin himself is in exile and has been banned from politics. | Mr Thaksin himself is in exile and has been banned from politics. |