Thai parties make push to woo voters ahead of Sunday election

FILE PHOTO: Pheu Thai's supporters attend a campaign event for the upcoming general election in Bangkok, Thailand, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Surrounded by adoring crowds packed inside stadiums and halls, the main prime ministerial candidates of Thailand's political parties made a final push to rally supporters on Friday, two days before a crunch general election.

After nearly a decade of a government led or backed by its royalist military, some 52 million eligible voters in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy will head to polling stations on Sunday.