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The People’s party is demanding that the Election Commission order recount of the votes in 10 constituencies, where it suspects irregularities in the counting of ballots when the polls closed on Sunday.
A Vietnamese man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on Monday night as he tried to smuggle rhino horns, originally from Republic of the Congo, to the Laotian capital of Vientiane.
A viral online post mentions that a Bhumjaithai candidate “remembers every vendor’s name in the market”. That is probably one of the reasons why the Blue tide swept most of Thailand on Sunday.
An ideal coalition government should control around 300 seats in the House of Representatives to ensure political stability, said Deputy Prime Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, a core member of ruling Bhumjaithai party.
Phattraphong Phattraprasit, a Bhumjaithai candidate tipped to win a parliamentary seat for Phichit Constituency 1, has submitted a formal petition to the Election Commission (EC), requesting an investigation and a recount of ballots.
The Election Commission (EC) will meet this morning to consider alleged election irregularities in Chonburi’s Constituency 1, after large crowds gathered overnight to demand a recount following reports of misplaced ballot boxes, power outages during counting and discrepancies in vote totals.
A fire broke out at the Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok late last night, destroying or damaging 28 stores before it was brought under control by firefighters. No one was hurt.
The Kla Tham Party’s chief strategist, Anudit Nakornthap, said today that the party is waiting for an invitation from the Bhumjaithai Party to join a coalition to form a new government.
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s Party, which came second in the unofficial general election results, said he accepts defeat but not election rigging.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) unanimously ruled today that 44 former MPs of the now defunct Move Forward, including several active members of the People’s party, had committed gross ethical misconduct by proposing a bill to amend Thailand’s controversial lèse majesté law.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced today that he has instructed relevant agencies to proceed with the cancellation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 44, signed between Thailand and Cambodia in 2001.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he was grateful for receiving more than he had asked for following the Bhumjaithai Party’s landslide victory in yesterday’s general election.
A dome building at the Metropolitan Electricity Authority Training and Electrical Skills Testing Center collapsed around noon today in Samut Prakan province.
The Bhumjaithai party of incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul won a landslide with 194 parliamentary seats in the general election held yesterday, according to the latest unofficial tally.
The Pheu Thai party was beaten soundly in the election in Chiang Mai yesterday, the home province of imprisoned former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, with the party failing to win even one of the 10 constituency seats, compared to two in the last election in 2023.
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said after his party appeared to emerge as a kingmaker following the general election that he was ready to “provide checks and balances.”
