Surrounded by enthusiastic crowds that filled the stadiums and halls, the main candidates for the premiership of Thailand's political parties made one last push to gather support from their supporters, two days before the decisive parliamentary elections.
After nearly a decade of government led or supported by royalist military power, some 52 million voters in Southeast Asia's second largest economy will go to the polls to decide whether to continue with the military conservatives or choose a new government.
President Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former army chief who imposed years of military rule on the country after a 2014 coup, hopes to lead conservative forces to victory over an opposition led by the Shinawatra family's billionaire-backed populist Phu Tai Party.
"I want to make this country a land of peace, safe and harmonious. We don't want changes that will make the country worse. Do you agree with that? Do you understand the damage that will bring?" Prayut addressed the crowd on Friday night. "We can't suddenly change everything because we don't know what's waiting for us on the other side."
Prayut's fans are praising his work and most of them don't want to see a change.
Opinion polls show Phu Tai is likely to win the most seats, continuing its landslide streak in every election since 2001.
