Thai telecom tycoon's party barely misses simple majority.BANGKOK, Feb. 1 KyodoThe official announcement Thursday of revote results in Thailand put telecom billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai Thai Rak Thai (Thai: ไทยรักไทย, lit. Thais Love Thais; TRT) is a banned[1] political party in Thailand. Party at 248 seats, just two short of a simple majority of the 500 parliamentary seats in the Jan. 6 general election. However, the three-party coalition of the populist Thai Rak Thai, Chart Thai Party and New Aspiration Party The New Aspiration Party (Phak Khwam Wang Mai) is a political party in Thailand. At the last legislative elections, 6 February 2005, the party won 0.4 % of the popular vote and no seats. holds 324 seats in the 500-member lower house, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest official results. The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT ECT electroconvulsive therapy. ECT abbr. electroconvulsive therapy ECT Electroconvulsive therapy sometimes is used to treat depression or mania when pharmaceutical treatment fails. ) endorsed poll results in 61 of the 62 parliamentary constituencies for which it had ordered a revote to be conducted Monday due to allegations of fraud and vote buying. One constituency in Nakorn Nayok Province in central Thailand Central Thailand (Central Plain) is a region of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from North-East Thailand (Isan) by the Phetchabun mountain range, and another mountain range separates it from Myanmar to the west. was ordered to hold a third vote, again due to allegations of poll fraud. Poll result of the final constituency are expected to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. Friday. On Wednesday, the ECT endorsed poll results for 100 seats in the lower house under the party proportional representation proportional representation: see representation. proportional representation Electoral system in which the share of seats held by a political party in the legislature closely matches the share of popular votes it received. system. It announced 48 ''party-list'' candidates from Thai Rak Thai were elected; 31 from the Democrats; eight from the New Aspiration; seven from the Chart Pattana; and six from the Chart Thai Party. With one seat still undecided, the Thai Rak Thai Party now has 248 seats in the House of Representatives; the Democrat Party of outgoing Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai 128; the Chart Thai Party of former premier Banharn Silpa-archa 40; the New Aspiration Party of former premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 36; the Chart Pattana Party 29; the Seritham Party 14; the Rassadorn Party two; the Social Action Party one; and the Thai Motherland Party of former Bangkok Metropolitan governor Bhichit Rattaku one. It is expected the new House of Representatives will be convened Monday. Thaksin, the country's premier-in-waiting, told reporters Wednesday his three-party coalition government was finalized as the Chart Thai Party agreed to join the coalition initiated by the Thai Rak Thai Party and the New Aspiration last week. |
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