Thailand goes to the polls in first post-coup election
- 5 years ago
Thailand has been holding its first general elections since a military coup in 2014.
The announcement of the provisional results are expected on Monday.
For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Hong Yoo who is taking over from Ro Aram…
Hong Yoo, welcome,… so give us ther latest on this election in Thailand...
Well, Mark…The announcement of the provisional results was originally expected late Sunday, but it was unexpectedly delayed to Monday.
According to Thailand's Election Commission, the results will come out at 2 p.m local time
More than 90 percent of the votes counted show a surprising lead of the pro-military party Palang Pracharat with more than 7 million votes.
Pheu Thai , the head of the party of the former Prime Minister had 6.6 million.
The newly formed Future Forward Party supported mostly by the younger generation with its progressive policies and social media campaigns was third, with nearly 4.8 million votes.
Prayuth Chan-ocha( ) , the retired army general who led the coup against the country's last elected government five years ago, hopes the election will return him to power as a civilian prime minister.
The prime minister will be the person who secures a majority across both houses, and the 250-seat Senate is seen as giving Prayuth an advantage.
About 52 million voters were registered to vote.
The turnout was just under 66 percent, much lower than the 87 percent expected in early voting last week.
The announcement of the provisional results are expected on Monday.
For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Hong Yoo who is taking over from Ro Aram…
Hong Yoo, welcome,… so give us ther latest on this election in Thailand...
Well, Mark…The announcement of the provisional results was originally expected late Sunday, but it was unexpectedly delayed to Monday.
According to Thailand's Election Commission, the results will come out at 2 p.m local time
More than 90 percent of the votes counted show a surprising lead of the pro-military party Palang Pracharat with more than 7 million votes.
Pheu Thai , the head of the party of the former Prime Minister had 6.6 million.
The newly formed Future Forward Party supported mostly by the younger generation with its progressive policies and social media campaigns was third, with nearly 4.8 million votes.
Prayuth Chan-ocha( ) , the retired army general who led the coup against the country's last elected government five years ago, hopes the election will return him to power as a civilian prime minister.
The prime minister will be the person who secures a majority across both houses, and the 250-seat Senate is seen as giving Prayuth an advantage.
About 52 million voters were registered to vote.
The turnout was just under 66 percent, much lower than the 87 percent expected in early voting last week.