Thailand Official General Election Results Announced

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 18:36

Thailand –

The Thai Election Commission (EC) officially released the general election results on Thursday (May 25th).

Our previous story:

The Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, on Monday (May 15^th) declared a victory after the unofficial Thai general election vote count was released by the Election Commission (EC).

Now for the update:

The Move Forward Party won 14,738,851 million votes for party-list with 39 party-list members of parliament and 112 out of 400 constituency members of parliament seats. They have in total 151 member parliament seats.

The Pheu Thai Party had 10,962,522 million votes for party-list with 29 party-list members of parliament and 112 members of parliament seats. They have in total 141 member parliament seats.

The Bhumjaithai Party had 1,138,202 million votes for party-list with 3 party-list members of parliament and 68 members of parliament seats. They have in total 71 member parliament seats.

In total 39,514,964 Thai people went for the election vote from 52,195,920 Thais who have the right to vote which is 75.71 percent, a record, said the Election Commission.

The next steps will see each MP certified by the Election commission and final paperwork checked before moving towards choosing a speaker of the house and having the Senate and House vote for the new Prime Minister.

As for timeline, once the election and certification of the MP results are in the Royal Gazette, the new parliament will meet within 15 days to vote for a new speaker, then set a timeline for the Prime Minister vote.

The Move Forward Party have taken all three seats in three constituencies in Phuket in Thailand’s national Election.

Although Thailand’s general election resulted in a heroic victory for the Move Forward Party, their bid to form a coalition government may not be plain sailing after certain members of the upper house (Senate) made it clear that they will not vote for the party’s prime ministerial candidate as the country’s 30th premier .

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The TPN National News, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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