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Thailand PM Anutin Claims Election Victory
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul claims victory in an election with no clear majority expected among 53 million voters amid nationalist sentiment and economic challenges.
- Thailand's electorate headed to polling stations across the country on Sunday to elect 500 Members of Parliament and vote in a national referendum on authorising constitutional drafting.
- Interim Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament in December after facing a looming no-confidence vote, triggering the snap election and a referendum on authorising parliament to start drafting a new constitution.
- Polling centres opened from 8am to 5pm across roughly 100,000 units, with advance voting involving more than 2 million people nationwide and over 740,000 in Bangkok in a race dominated by three parties.
- An unofficial preliminary result is expected late on Sunday night, while the Election Commission must certify results by Apr 9 before the lower house elects a prime minister needing 251 votes.
- Parties offered economy-focused pledges amid border clashes with Cambodia and recent floods, with the vote costing 8.97 billion baht, the most expensive to date.
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Thailand PM's party takes early lead in three-way election race
BANGKOK, Feb 8 - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party took an early lead in Sunday's general election, though the three-way battle is unlikely to give any single party a clear majority, potentially prolonging the spectre of political instability. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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