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Thailand election underway, with opposition favored to top polls
But who heads the next government will be decided by House and Senate, not voters
By Grant Peck, Associated Press
Published: May 13, 2023, 8:32pm
BANGKOK — Voters in Thailand were heading to the polls on Sunday in an election touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. He is now running against the daughter of the politician who is the military’s top nemesis.
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