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Published on January 18, 2008

The Buri Ram rerun saw Matchima Thipataya's three candidates all win seats after three People Power Party candidates were issued with red cards for electoral fraud in the December 23 poll.

The three winning candidates are Natthawut Sukkasem, Manote Hengyosmak and Somnuek Hengvanitch.

The results in Buri Ram confirmed speculation that the PPP would lose out to Matchima Thipataya candidates. The Buri Ram Constituency 1 turnout was 50 per cent, lower than the December poll, a province election official said.

Some Buri Ram voters expressed their frustration with politics by writing "Boring" on their ballot papers.

Although the PPP lost three seats in Buri Ram, it won two in Chaiyaphum. PPP and Chart Thai candidates won in December in the province but they received yellow cards for election-law violations. In the second vote, the Chart Thai candidate failed to hold the seat for the party.

The  winning candidates are Surawit Khonsomboon, who won before, and Prasit Chaiwiratana.

The Nation