BANGKOK - From poor farmers in the northern province of Chiang Mai, glamorous celebrities in Bangkok to a blushing bride in the southern province of Satun, millions of voters streamed into voting booths across Thailand on Sunday to elect their future leaders.
The Election Commission estimated a voter turnout of some 80 per cent, about an hour before the polls closed.Many voters were excited, saying they have been closely monitoring the news of the country's political developments on television and social media. Some had even dressed up for the occasion. "Actually I feel a little sick and dizzy but I'm so afraid to lose my opportunity to vote. So after voting, I rode my motorcycle to the doctor," added."It felt good to have voted but now, I worry that the party I like would lose."
"I dashed to the polling station and returned quickly because it's not good to stay out in the open for too long," he said. "Two old people had difficulty walking, but everyone helped them along as they walked to the voting booths," she said. Voter Voxpop: Pimonporn Keawsrichan At a car service centre which has been turned into a polling station at Bangkok's Huay Kwang district, voters began trickling in 30 minutes before polling opened.
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