More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the opposition Pheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister.