Final count in Thailand's 1st election since 2014 military coup leaves no party with a majority and the likelihood of legal challenges.
FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, an election officer counts votes at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Election Commission has officially endorsed the results from the country's March 24 general election, declaring that the Pheu Thai party associated with fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra topped the field by winning 136 constituencies.
The commission’s failure to clearly explain its formula had led to suspicions it might fiddle with the total. It has already been heavily criticized for releasing delayed and confusing preliminary vote totals, and was accused of tilting in favor of the military-backed Palang Pracharath party. Neither party received a majority, and both are attempting to put together coalitions with smaller parties to form a government.
The Future Forward Party, which shares Pheu Thai’s anti-military stance, has agreed to join it in a coalition and ranks third in seats. It also complained about the Election Commission’s actions, which lowered its seat total to 80 from a projected 87. Party Secretary-General Piyabutr Saengkanokkul called the commission’s calculations “absurd.”
Thailand has been under military rule since 2014, when the military ousted a government led by Pheu Thai. The party is the main vehicle for supporters of Thaksin, a billionaire who became prime minister in 2001 with populist policies that won him support among the less well-off rural majority.
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