As Thai election campaigns move into high gear, revised election rules add to the importance of delivering votes in rural constituencies. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent April 30, 2023 09:00 JST | Thailand html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" BANGKOK -- Influential provincial figures and their networks have become more critical to the prospects of political parties in the upcoming general election, because the revised election system gives more weight to constituencies in rural areas.

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