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Latest News Updates:A look at Thailand's General Election

Latest News Updates:A look at Thailand's General Election:Thailand's prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday conceded defeat in a hotly contested general election and congratulated a victorious opposition allied to fugitive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra. "The outcome is clear - Puea Thai has won the election and the Democrats are defeated," he told supporters at the party's Bangkok headquarters. Mr Thaksin's political proxy, his youngest sister Yingluck Shinawatra, is now set to become Thailand's first female prime minister. "I will give the chance to Yingluck, the first woman to form a government. I want to see unity and reconciliation. The Democrats are ready to be in opposition," Mr Abhisit said. British-born Mr Abhisit took office in a 2008 parliamentary vote after a court ruling threw out the previous administration, and he was accused by his foes of being an unelected puppet of the military and the establishment. His Democrat Party, with traditional support in Bangkok and the south, has not won a general election in nearly two decades. Three separate exit polls have shown a landslide victory to the red shirt-backed opposition. The unofficial exit polls by three independent organisations show the Pheu Thai party winning between 280 and 342 seats. That well and truly exceeds the minimum needed to govern outright of 251. There has been a large security presence in Thailand ahead of the vote, with 180,000 police deployed across the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has warned Australians to exercise caution if travelling to Thailand due to the possibility of unrest surrounding the election. The poll comes a year after deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and the military in Bangkok. The political environment is still tense.