Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party to join Bhumjaithai Party-led coalition, PM Anutin says

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party, which won Sunday’s general election by a wide margin, will be joined by the third-place Pheu Thai party to form a coalition government, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday. Anutin-led Bhumjaithai romped to a surprise victory on Sunday securing 193 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives, followed ‌by the reformist ‌People’s Party with 118 seats ‌and ⁠the populist Pheu ⁠Thai at 74, according to Reuters’ calculations based on election commission data.

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