Thailand's poll body certified the results of last month's election on Monday (June 19), paving the way for the first session of parliament in the next few weeks ahead of the formation of a new government.
The election commission said it had endorsed the winners of all 500 seats of the lower house, which must convene within 15 days to elect a speaker, who will then call for a joint session of the bicameral legislature to vote on a prime minister.
The opposition has formed an eight-party alliance that is expected to back Move Forward's Harvard-educated leader Mr Pita Limjaroenrat for prime minister and form a coalition government likely next month. The alliance has control of 312 seats and will need to court votes from either rival parties or some of the 250 members of a conservative-leaning Senate, who were appointed under military rule after a 2014 coup.
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