US EditionThailand PM Anutin Claims Election Victory
Interim PM Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party leads amid nationalist surge from border conflict with Cambodia and economic concerns, with 87.6% voter turnout, Election Commission said.
- On Feb 9, Bhumjaithai Party won 193 of the 500 House of Representatives seats and will soon start coalition talks to reach the 250-seat majority threshold for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's reelection.
- Calling a December snap election, Anutin sought to capitalize on nationalism from the Cambodia border conflict, with McCargo saying, `So, that's what they did this time.`
- Meanwhile, the reformist People’s Party trailed with 118 seats, and Thailand’s stock market rose 4% as risks receded, according to official results.
- Anutin Charnvirakul said he wants a strong government but declined to name partners while waiting for final results, as voters in the Feb 9 election backed starting the constitutional amendment drafting stage.
- Institutional obstacles mean amendments may stall, as adopting a new constitution could take at least two years and any changes require two more referenda plus Senate approval under a Bhumjaithai-led government.
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Anutin celebrates. Photo from AnoduluBhumjaithai, the royalist, business-oriented party headed by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, last weekend appears to have won the gamble it made last September by making an alliance with the opposition, reform-oriented People’s Party, promising new elections within four months along with a commitment to reform the 2017 constitution drafted and adopted under the military-backed government. With the electio…
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Thailand’s caretaker prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, recorded a strong performance in the country’s election on Feb. 8 and is on course to form a ruling coalition with his conservative Bhumjaithai Party. According to unofficial results released by the state-run Election Commission, after 94 percent of polling stations had reported on Feb. 9, Bhumjaithai, which translates to Proud Thais Party, won about 193 seats in the 500-member House of R…
Elections: Since the border conflict with Cambodia flared up last year, a wave of patriotism has swept Thailand. Conservative politician Anutin…
The conservative ruling party Bhumjaithai has, against all expectations, won the Thai elections by a landslide. According to the unofficial election results, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party would receive 175 of the 400 seats up for election, doubling its current number. "Our victory is a victory for all Thais," Anutin said in his victory speech. This aligns with the message with which he concluded the campaign, which was based on nati…
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