Election Results In Thailand
The election commission acting on increased pressure from a number of political and ngo complaints has released the general election popular vote count saying the pro junta phalang pracharat won the most popular votes at over 8 4 million while pheu thai came second with 7 9 million votes.
Election results in thailand. The 500 members of the house of. One of the stars of sunday s election was the newly formed future forward party which received 5 3 million votes at the last count putting it on track to become thailand s third biggest party. The election will be the second to take place under the 2017 constitution drafted under the national council for peace and order ncpo the military junta in power from 2014 to 2019.
Bangkok thailand s opposition pheu thai party won the most seats in the country s first election since a 2014 coup but despite an alliance with other pro democracy parties it. The election results are not scheduled to be ratified until 9 may. Preliminary results suggest the party backing gen prayuth won the most popular votes ahead of the pheu thai party which is.
Thailand s election commission on wednesday announced the final results of the march 24 general election the first since a military coup in 2014 that gave no party an absolute majority. The 2019 thai general election was held in thailand on 24 march 2019. On sunday there were some crazy figures.
A thai electoral official fills results during ballot counting after voting closed in the general election at a polling station in a temple in chiang mai on march 24 2019. In previous thai elections the results came through more quickly and clearly. Turnout is however much higher during general elections 85 in 2007 75 in 2019 7 than they are for senate 56 in 2008 43 in 2014 8 or local elections 54 for bangkok governor in 2008.
It was the first election since the 2014 thai coup d état that installed coup leader general prayut chan o cha as prime minister and the first held in accordance with the 2017 constitution which was drafted under the ruling military junta the elections selected the five hundred members of the new house of representatives. This time the ec had problems tabulating results from the 350 constituencies.