With 47 million voters and turnout at 75%, Thailand’s latest election results pose a decisive challenge to the country’s long-established regime. The Pheu Thai party, led by Yingluck Shinawatra, the youngest sister of exiled fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, secured a resounding triumph, winning 265 seats in the 500-member assembly, while the ruling Democrat Party mustered just 159.
泰国近4700万选民中有3/4在本次选举中投下了选票，而选举的结果则对这个国家的古老政权提出了决定性的挑战。由流亡前总理他信最小的妹妹英拉·西那瓦领导的为泰党大胜，一举夺得下议院500个议席中的265席，反之目前执政的民主党只拿下159席。