By Thanong Khanthong
The Nation
On the surface, Sunday’s election pits the ruling Democrat Party against the Pheu Thai Party.
Yingluck Shinawatra, who heads Pheu Thai, is poised to win the election. Most of the polls suggest so. The question is how big the Pheu Thai’s margin of victory wil be. If Pheu Thai were to win an outright majority of the total 500 seats up for grabs, Yingluck would become Thailand’s first female prime minister. Pheu Thai has been bragging that it can win 270 seats.
But if Pheu Thai can muster only 220-230 MPs, then the situation will become interesting. The Democrats will fight to hang on to power. The Democrats might garner 170 MPs in this election. Both Pheu Thai and Democrats will be locking horns to win support from the smaller parties such as Chart Pattana Pheu Pandin and Chart Thai Pattana. Yingluck has made it clear that Pheu Thai will not bring in the Bhum Jai Thai Party in any coalition government.
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