Tsunami Efforts Win Thai PM 2nd Mandate

World | February 6, 2005, Sunday // 00:00

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is heading for a second term after apparently winning a landslide victory in Sunday's general elections largely due to his management of the situation after the 26 December tsunami and the country's growing economy. Shinawatra claimed victory after exit polls gave his Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party 399 seats in the 500-seat parliament. It would be the first single party cabinet under Thai democratic rule. The opposition, which has admitted defeat, warned of certain risks that Thailand would become a one-party state.

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