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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated center) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman in Bangkok holds up a sign welcoming Yingluck Shinawatra to the Prime Minister's office after it was announced that Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Pheu Thai election monitor watches for voting irregularities in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. Pheu Thai is the party of the Thai "Red Shirts" who held months long protests in Bangkok in 2010. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is photographed before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  The first voter drops his ballot into the ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. He later told a reporter from Thai television that he voted for Pheu Thai. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration028.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, left, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, and members of the Pheu Thai leadership leave the press conference announcing that Pongsapat lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, 2nd from left, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, and YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, and members of the Pheu Thai leadership at the press conference announcing that Pongsapat lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters picket the Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. Although the Red Shirts support Pheu Thai, they are calling on the party to speed up constitutional reform. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A tuk-tuk (three wheeled taxi) and motor scooter drive past a Yingluck Shinawatra poster on election day in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. She is running for Prime Minister of Thailand, the graffiti on the wall refers to Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, a Yellow Shirt leader who endorsed a violent crackdown against the Red Shirts in 2010. The Red Shirts are the street movement of Pheu Thai, the party of Yingluck Shinawatra. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, 2nd from left, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, and YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, and members of the Pheu Thai leadership at the press conference announcing that Pongsapat lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .A Pheu Thai supporter tries to photograph the stage at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters picket the Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. Although the Red Shirts support Pheu Thai, they are calling on the party to speed up constitutional reform. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
 Pheu Thai members and supporters of Pongsapat Pongchareon glumly watch as election results in the Bangkok governor's race come into the Pheu Thai headquarters. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . NATTAWUT SAI-KUA, a Thai Red Shirt activist and Member of Parliament for the Pheu Thai party, speaks on behalf of Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last election rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
 Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .DARUNEE KRITTABOONYALAI, (right) a Thai Red Shirt activist and supporter of Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate Pongsapat Pongchareon, accepts flowers during the last Pheu Thai election campaign of the Governor's race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . A man sells flowers to people who want to throw them to the stage to honor Pheu Thai politicians at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders confront a Pheu Thai official at Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
 Pheu Thai members and supporters of Pongsapat Pongchareon glumly watch as election results in the Bangkok governor's race come into the Pheu Thai headquarters. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, makes his concession speech at Pheu Thai headquaters Sunday. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.<br />
     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .   Pheu Thai supporters wave placards with 9 on them. 9 is the number of the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate, Pongsapat Pongcharoen, on the ballot. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters picket the Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. Although the Red Shirts support Pheu Thai, they are calling on the party to speed up constitutional reform. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A Thai police officer checks voters in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok027.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, 2nd from left, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, and YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, and members of the Pheu Thai leadership at the press conference announcing that Pongsapat lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses022.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, greets Pheu Thai supporters as she arrives at the Pheu Thai press conference to announce that Pongsapat Pongchareon had lost the Bangkok governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses006.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai members and supporters of Pongsapat Pongchareon glumly watch as election results in the Bangkok governor's race come into the Pheu Thai headquarters. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses005.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai members and supporters of Pongsapat Pongchareon glumly watch as election results in the Bangkok governor's race come into the Pheu Thai headquarters. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses004.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai members and supporters of Pongsapat Pongchareon glumly watch as election results in the Bangkok governor's race come into the Pheu Thai headquarters. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses001.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign045.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign039.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign025.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
 Pheu Thai supporters wave placards with 9 on them. 9 is the number of the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate, Pongsapat Pongcharoen, on the ballot. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign023.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: . Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign022.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign021.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .A Pheu Thai supporter waits to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign013.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign007.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
A Pheu Thai supporter wears face paint and placards with 9 on them. 9 is the number of the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate, Pongsapat Pongcharoen, on the ballot. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign001.jpg
  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Red Shirt leaders confront a Pheu Thai official at Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RedShirtMotorcade026.jpg
  • 10 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters picket the Pheu Thai offices in Bangkok Monday. Although the Red Shirts support Pheu Thai, they are calling on the party to speed up constitutional reform. The Thai government announced on Monday, which is Constitution Day in Thailand, that will speed up its campaign to write a new charter. December 10 marks passage of the first permanent constitution in 1932 and Thailand's transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Several thousand "Red Shirts," supporters of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, motorcaded through the city, stopping at government offices and the offices of the Pheu Thai ruling party to present demands for a new charter.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RedShirtMotorcade024.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok018.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, (left) "wais" (formal Thai greeting) other members of the Pheu Thai party leadership after announcing that Pongsapat Pongchareon (whose photo is on the billboard in the background) lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses036.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
Pheu Thai supporters cheer for Pongsapat Pongchareon, the Pheu Thai Gubernatorial candidate for Bangkok during the last campaign rally of the race. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign030.jpg
  • 01 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: .Pheu Thai supporters wait to see Pongsapat Pongchareon, the PT candidate for governor of Bangkok at the last Pheu Thai campaign rally for the Bangkok Governor's election. The election is Sunday, March 3 and no campaigning is allowed 24 hours before election day. Police General Pongsapat Pongcharoen (retired), a former deputy national police chief who also served as secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board is the Pheu Thai Party candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor's election. He resigned from the police force to run for Governor. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly personally recruited Pongsapat. Most of Thailand's reputable polls have reported that Pongsapat is leading in the race and likely to defeat Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Thai Democrats' candidate and incumbent. The loss of Bangkok would be a serious blow to the Democrats, whose national base has been the Bangkok area.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatEndsCampaign003.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman looks for her name on the voter rolls in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok039.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Voters wait to pick up their ballots in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok030.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A Thai police officer checks voters in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok026.jpg
  • 03 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: <br />
PONGSAPAT PONGCHAREON, left, the Pheu Thai candidate for Governor of Bangkok, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Thai Prime Minister, and members of the Pheu Thai leadership leave the press conference announcing that Pongsapat lost the Bangkok Governor's election. Pongsapat Pongchareon, running on the Pheu Thai ticket, lost the Bangkok's Governor's race to MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the incumbent running on the Democrat ticket. Sukhumbhand won the race after scoring a record number of votes, more than 1.2 million to Pongsapat's 1 million. The results were seen as an upset even though Sukhumbhand was the incumbent because all of the pre-election polls and the exit polls conducted on election day showed Patsapong winning.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PongsapatLoses037.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Voters wait in line to vote in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ElectionDayBangkok029.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   Empty ballot boxes before the election in Samut Prakan, Thailand. 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 oppositionPheu 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. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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