BANGKOK, Jan 31 (The Straits Times/ANN): Thailand's biggest opposition party won control of a Bangkok constituency in a by-election on Sunday (Jan 30), in the latest blow for the beleaguered ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
Unofficial results of Bangkok's Constituency 9 poll, which covers Laksi and Chatuchak districts, show Pheu Thai's Surachat Thienthong winning 29,416 votes, some 9,000 votes more than the second-best performing candidate, Karoonpon Tieansuwan, from the opposition Move Forward Party.
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