Forward Movement Party in Thailand
According to Al Jazeera news, about 97 percent of the 95,000 ballot boxes set up in Thailand’s general election were opened.
According to unofficial results, the MFP is expected to win 115 seats in the 400-seat House of Representatives.
Pheu Thai, the party of Paetongtarn Shinavatra, the daughter of Taksin Shinavatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup, is expected to win 112 seats.
On the other hand, based on these results, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who became prime minister after the army seized power in 2014, is expected to send 25 representatives to parliament.
Shinawatra congratulated MFP in his first statement on the results, saying: “We are ready to meet with MFP. We can work together. We are waiting for the official results.” saying.
52 MILLION VOTERS VOTE
In the country with a population of more than 66 million, 52 million voters were expected to go to the polls in 400 constituencies.
The 400 members of the House of Representatives are determined by majority vote in each constituency, and the other 100 members are determined by separate vote. The 250-member Senate and 500-member House of Representatives, made up of soldiers appointed by the junta, will choose the prime minister in a joint session.
Thailand’s former prime minister, Taksin Shinavatra, was ousted in a military coup in 2006, accused of corruption and contempt of the king.
Taksin Shinavatra’s brother, Yinglak Shinavatra, rose to power in the 2011 elections, but the Thai military retook power on 22 May 2014, following an uprising by those who accused Yinglak of being a “brother’s puppet”. and demanded his resignation. be suppressed
Prayut, who was the Commander of the Royal Thai Army at the time, became the prime minister of the military government that ruled the country from 2014 to 2019. Prayut entered the elections held in March 2019 as the candidate of the Palang Pracharath Party ( Poder del Estado Popular), supported by the junta, and was reinstated as prime minister with the joint vote of the House of Representatives, which was made up of elected deputies, and the Senate, which was made up of soldiers appointed by the junta.
Taksin Shinavatra’s youngest daughter, Paetongtarn Shinavatra, served in Pheu Thai, the largest opposition party founded by her father’s supporters in October 2021.
If elected, Paetongtarn will become the fourth member of the Shinavatra family to serve as prime minister. (AA)