Thailand election disrupted by protests

Protests have disrupted Thailand’s general election, halting voting in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89pc of polling stations operated normally.
Some six million registered voters were affected by the closures, the Election Commission said. PM Yingluck Shinawatra called the vote to head off weeks of mass protests.
Her party is widely expected to win but legal challenges and a lack of a quorum of MPs may create a political limbo.
Security officials said about 130,000 personnel had been deployed across Thailand on Sunday, including 12,000 in Bangkok.
There has been little campaigning for the election and it was unclear how many Thais had turned out.