The Bhumjaithai Party (BJT), led by caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, has a strong lead as the vote counting continued on Sunday night.
The leader of the rival People’s Party acknowledged that his party would not win the general election on February 8.
As reported by the Bangkok Post, at 9:54 PM on Sunday, the Election Commission (EC) vote result dashboard indicated that Bhumjaithai was projected to secure 178 House constituency MP seats.
The People’s Party was expected to win 70 seats, followed by Pheu Thai with 67 seats and the Klatham Party with 59 seats. At that point, 31% of the votes had been counted.
In terms of party-list votes, the People’s Party received 2.16 million votes, while Bhumjaithai garnered 1.66 million and Pheu Thai received 1.54 million votes.
A source from Bhumjaithai stated that the party is likely to win the general election, with the People’s Party, Pheu Thai, and Klatham following, led by Narumon Pinyosinwat and secretary-general Thamanat Prompow.
According to early results, Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai, and Klatham are expected to form the next stable government, collectively holding over 300 MPs.
Bhumjaithai Party has big lead, People’s Party concedes
The Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) of caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had a comfortable lead as vote counting continued on Sunday night, while the rival People’s Party leader admitted his party would not win the Feb 8 general election.
According to the Banckok Post, as of 9.54pm on Sunday, the vote result dashboard of the Election Commission (EC) showed that Bhumjaithai was likely to win 178 House constituency MP seats, followed by 70 seats for the People’s Party, 67 for Pheu Thai and 59 seats for the Klatham Party. At the time, vote counting was 31% completed.
For party-list vote counting, People’s Party had 2.16 million votes, followed by Bhumjaithai on 1.66 million and Pheu Thai 1.54 million votes.
A source at Bhumjaithai said the party was likely to win the general election, followed by the People’s Party, Pheu Thai and the Klatham, led by leader Narumon Pinyosinwat and secretary-general Thamanat Prompow.
Based on early results, Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and Klatham are likely to form the next stable government, holding more than 300 MPs combined.
