BANGKOK (Sputnik) — As many as 95,000 of polling stations were open in the country throughout the day. According to media reports, selling alcohol, as well as playing Pokemon Go, making photos and taking "selfies" were banned in polling stations during the constitutional vote. The unofficial results of the vote are expected to be announced on Sunday night.
Over 40 million Thai nationals partook in the vote on a constitution, which is expected to hand over greater powers to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), a military-controlled unelected government in power since the May 2014 military coup.
The draft constitution stipulates that the 250-seat upper house of the parliament would be directly appointed by the military government granting it a veto on decisions taken by the elected lower house lawmakers, among other measures.
