null A political analyst examines what's at stake as Thailand gears up for a hotly anticipated national election. The 2011 vote had a 55 percent turnout for advanced voting, bringing about 1.4 million early to the ballot box. But enthusiasm is soaring from a public starved of democratic processes since a 2014 coup ousted then-premier Yingluck Shinawatra -- reflecting in the country's high number of early voters -- more than 2.2 million -- on Sunday. SOUNDBITES