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Thailand's opposition wrests Bangkok constituency from ruling party in polls
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Thailand's biggest opposition party won control of a Bangkok constituency in a by-election on Sunday, in the latest blow for the beleaguered ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
Unofficial results of Bangkok's Constituency 9 polls, which cover Laksi and Chatuchak districts, show Pheu Thai's Surachart Thienthong winning 29,416 votes - some 9,000 votes more than the second-best performing candidate, Mr Karoonpon Tieansuwan, from the opposition Move Forward Party.
