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His party won only 159 House seats, short of at least 170 MPs Abhisit earlier expected. He has told a media that he would step down as the party leader if his party failed to win 170 MPs. On Sunday when he realised the defeat, he said he would make an announcement after the election results were final on Monday. Prime Minister and Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva arrived at Sawasdee Wittaya School polling station at 10:09 am in Bangkok to cast his ballots. The prime minister voted at 10:11 am. An army of reporters waited to interview him there. Abhisit urged voters to come out to exercise their rights. Shortly afterwards, Ms Yingluck made her announcement, thanking her supporters for their votes as well as press members for their coverage of the Pheu Thai Party’s campaign activities for the past 40 days. She also expressed gratitude to Mr Abhisit and all other candidates for doing their part in creating an amicable atmosphere throughout this election. Before the electio...