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March 25, 2019

Thailand: No Clear Election Winner as Pro-Military Party Takes Lead
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In Thailand, voters took to the polls Sunday in the country's first
election since a 2014 coup put a military junta in power. The
pro-military Palang Pracharath Party was ahead by a narrow lead with 94
percent of the votes counted. Two competing political parties have
raised doubts about the results, citing irregularities. Pheu Thai, the
party of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said it will
try to form a government, even if it loses the popular vote, by building
a coalition with other parties. Thailand's government runs on a
parliamentary system. Final results from the vote are not expected until
later this week.


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