According to Bangkok Post, as of 7:28 pm (Local Time), the Move Forward Party had taken the lead in both the constituency and party-list competitions, followed by the Pheu Thai Party and the Bhumjaithai Party.
Voting is scheduled to begin at 8 am (01:00 GMT) on Sunday and will conclude at 5 pm (10:00 GMT). About 52 million voters will choose members of a new 500-seat House of Representatives for the next four years.
After years of living in self-exile overseas, Thaksin said in an interview with Kyodo News while visiting Tokyo that he is waiting it out before maybe returning this year. In order to avoid serving time in prison, he fled Thailand in 2008 after being overthrown in a military coup in 2006.