US EditionThailand's election winner Bhumjaithai seals coalition deal with Pheu Thai
Bhumjaithai aims for a stable majority with Pheu Thai’s 74 seats and small party allies to support legislative and economic reforms, election victory seen as a turning point.
- Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party, which won Sunday's general election, will form a coalition government with the third-place Pheu Thai party, backed by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Bhumjaithai secured 193 seats, followed by the People's Party with 118 seats and Pheu Thai with 74 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives.
- Anutin Charnvirakul, the Bhumjaithai leader and new prime minister, said, "We would like to work together, govern the country together, erase any misunderstandings from the past.
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Thailand's ruling conservatives near majority as Pheu Thai backs coalition government
Bhumjaithai secured 193 seats in the 500-member House, and with Pheu Thai’s 74 seats and support from smaller parties, the bloc crosses the 251-seat majority mark, potentially returning Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to office.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakula's conservative Bhumjaithai party, which received the most votes in Sunday's election, announced a coalition today with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party, reports the French news agency AFP.
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Thailand’s ruling conservative party moves closer to forming new coalition government
Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party has moved closer to forming a new government after the Pheu Thai Party agreed to join it in a proposed coalition.
Almost a week after the election in Thailand, a coalition of the conservative ruling party to date with the party of the imprisoned former head of government Thaksin Shinawatra is emerging. "Even though the election result has not yet been officially confirmed, we agree that the Peu-Thai party will support us in a coalition," said the incumbent head of government Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday. His pro-monarchist and military-affiliated Bhumjaith…
Thailand's election winner Bhumjaithai seals coalition deal with Pheu Thai
Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party, which won Sunday's general election by a wide margin, will be joined by the third-place Pheu Thai party to form a coalition government, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday.
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