However, opposition parties hold a clear edge over the ruling military-backed coalition.
Opposition party Pheu Thai, linked to former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, was backed by about 35% of nearly 40,000 participants in the April 7-12 survey released on Tuesday by Nation Group, one of Thailand’s largest media companies.
About 32% of survey participants have yet to decide who they will support, according to the poll. The high ratio of undecided voters leaves the contest wide open as parties ramp up campaigning ahead of the election that’s shaping up to be a battle between the pro-establishment groups and a pro-democracy camp of opposition parties.
More than 6,500 candidates from 70 political parties are in the race for the 500-seat House of Representatives, where 400 members will be elected using the first-past-the-post method and the remaining picked through a proportional representation system.
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