With 75% of the vote counted, Prayuth Chan-ocha’s People’s State Power Party has won 127 seats in Thailand’s first parliamentary election in five years
With 75% of the vote counted, Prayuth Chan-ocha’s People’s State Power Party had won 127 seats in Thailand’s first parliamentary election in five yearsBANGKOK—Millions of voters in Thailand lined up in sweltering temperatures to cast their ballots Sunday in the country’s first elections since the army seized power in a coup five years ago.
Candidates have vowed to root out corruption or take down the ruling military junta, and Thailand’s king even weighed in, urging citizens to choose “good people” to lead the country.
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