2023-05-14 18:30:00
Bangkok Nine years after the military coup, Thailand is facing a new balance of power: the two main opposition parties, led by billionaire heiress Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Harvard graduate Pita Limjaroenrat, emerged as the clear winners of the parliamentary elections on Sunday evening.
After counting 70 percent of the votes, the pro-democracy parties Pheu Thai and Move Forward were clearly ahead of their competitors – and could also count on an absolute majority of the seats in parliament.
The previous prime minister, the former army chief Prayut Chan-ocha, must accept a heavy defeat. According to the interim results, the United Thai Nation party, for which he ran as the top candidate, probably only came fourth or fifth. Prayut has been in power for nine years.
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