Thailand Election 2011: Thai Election 2011 Results: Watch our Live coverage of the Thai Election 2011- Live TV Stream: Thailand held a general election on Sunday, July 3, its second since a 2006 military coup unseated the elected government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with a population of about 66 million, but its democracy has been plagued by corruption and repeated interference by the military.
MAIN PLAYERS: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is the leader of the Democrat Party. It is the country’s oldest party, but has not placed first in an election since 1992. Pheu Thai represents the third iteration of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s Thai Rak Thai Party after electoral law violations saw its two predecessors disbanded by the courts. Thaksin is in self-imposed exile in Dubai, while his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, heads the Pheu Thai Party.
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