BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main opposition party won an election for the governor of Bangkok on Sunday, dealing a surprise blow to the ruling party of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra which had hoped to win the city and cement its supremacy.
Incumbent governor and Democrat Party member Sukhumbhand Paribatra beat the candidate of Thaksin's Puea Thai Party, winning almost half the vote, the city administration said as the count neared completion.
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