Abhisit Targets 40% of Seats in Thai Vote Amid Slip in Polls
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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said his Democrat party would be happy if it won more than 200 of the 500 seats up for grabs in the July 3 election after falling behind in opinion polls due to rising prices.
“Anything above 200 looks good,” Abhisit, 46, said to a group of reporters at his party’s headquarters in Bangkok today. “As things stand it looks like a tight race. The 200 figure appears to be where both sides are on either side of.”