Thailand’s main opposition parties easily bested other contenders with virtually all the votes counted from Sunday’s general election
BANGKOK — , fulfilling many voters’ hopes that the balloting would serve as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup.
Pheu Thai Party lagged slightly behind with just over 23% for the constituency seats and about a 27% share for the party list. The three parties were considered before the vote to the most likely to head a new government. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 36-year-old daughter of the former billionaire populist Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, had been favored in opinion polls to be chosen the country’s next leader.Her Family Was Ousted From Power in Thailand.
Move Forward outperformed even optimistic projections, and the party appeared poised to capture all, or almost all, 33 House seats in the capital Bangkok. Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat departs the party headquarters in Bangkok, Sunday, May 14, 2023.Pheu Thai is the latest in a string of parties linked to former Prime Minister Thaksin, who was ousted as prime minister by an army coup in 2006. Pheu Thai candidate Paetongtarn is his daughter. The government of her aunt, Yingluck Shinawatra, who became prime minister in 2011, was toppled in the coup led by Prayuth.
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