Prime Minister Charbhirakul is in talks with coalition partners to form a new coalition government. His main challenge will be to accelerate the country's sluggish economic growth.
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With 90 percent of votes counted in Thailand, interim Prime Minister Anutin Charibharakul's Bhumjaithai Party is expected to come in first place.
The pro-monarchy and pro-military party won 194 of the 500 seats with more than 90 percent of the vote counted, the Election Commission said. Thailand has been rocked by a wave of military nationalism since a border dispute with Cambodia last year. The results did not show the rural voters of the liberal parties, the People's Party and Pheu Thai. Pheu Thai is the party of jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The People's Party won 151 votes and Pheu Thai 141 in the 2023 election. Prime Minister Charibharakul is in talks with coalition partners to form a new coalition government. His main challenge will be to speed up the country's sluggish economic growth. The People's Party is expected to win 115 seats in this election, coming in second place, while Pheu Thai is expected to come in third. Anutin, who became interim prime minister last September, declined to talk about a possible alliance. "All issues are under discussion. I have to put what comes from all sides into the party first," he said.
