Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has survived a no-confidence vote amid the biggest anti-government protest since deadly political unrest three years ago. She won 297 votes, with 134 votes against her.

Her Puea Thai Party and coalition partners dominate the lower house with 299 seats and comfortably survived the three-day debate. But it is still unclear whether it can defuse the current tension in Thailand.

So far protesters have forced at least five government ministries to stop operating. Smaller protests started last month. They were triggered by a government-backed amnesty bill that could lead to the return of the country’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, the current prime minister’s brother.