with me is political scientist thitinan pongsudhirak from chulalongkorn university in bangkok.mme. let's start with some of those questions thatjonathan start with some of those questions that jonathan poses. start with some of those questions thatjonathan poses. how was the military party doing so well, it was predicted they weren't going to do so predicted they weren't going to do so well, so what is the significance in that? sometimes elections are decided in the last hours. general prayuth's party had a late surge, and succeeded in sending a message about order and stability. if you wa nt about order and stability. if you want order and stability you vote for a party like we have had for the last five years, instead of... at the same time, a lot of people voted for other parties, so i think general prayuth has succeeded as a strongman, a lot of people are worried about tha ksin, strongman, a lot of people are worried about thaksin, many people are worried about him coming back, so are worried about him coming back, so they cast their votes behind general prayuth. obviously,