Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has faced weeks of mass street rallies seeking to curb her family's political dominance and install an unelected "people's council" to oversee electoral reforms.
Demonstrators used a truck to smash through the gates of a stadium where representatives of about 30 political parties were gathered for a draw to allocate each party a number to be used on the ballot sheets in the February 2 elections, officials said.
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