Revote Order Sets Back Tycoon’s Party
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The Election Commission ordered revotes in 62 districts and barred the incoming ruling party from contesting four of them for cheating in Thailand’s Jan. 6 general elections.
The commission also confirmed the victory of tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra’s Thais Love Thais party. The panel’s disqualifications, however, sharply reduced the party’s victory margin. Thirty-two candidates from the party face new balloting.
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