Thailand EC announces 349 seat winners for House of Representatives
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) on May 7 announced the list of 349 candidates who won seats in the House of Representatives in the March 24 election.
Checking votes at a polling station in Narathiwat, Thailand (Photo: AFP / VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s ElectionCommission (EC) on May 7 announced the list of 349 candidates who won seats inthe House of Representatives in the March 24 election.
The Pheu Thai Party topped the list with 136members of parliament (MPs), followed by Palang Pracharath with 97 MPs.
Of the remaining parties, the Bhumjaithai (ProudThais) Party has 39 MPs, the Democrat Party 33, the Future Forward Party 30, theChart Thai Pattana (Developed Thailand) Party six, the Prachachart (People’s Nation)Party six, the Action Coalition for Thailand Party one, and the Chartpattana (DevelopedCountry) Party one.
A total of 350 MPs were elected. However, one MPof the Pheu Thai Party in Chiang Mai has not been announced yet due to briberyaccusations.
A by-election will be held on May 26.
Thailand’s House of Representatives consists of500 seats for a four-year term, of which 350 are directly elected byconstituencies and 150 are elected indirectly according to the party list.
The EC is scheduled to publicise another 150candidates as party-list MPs on May 8. –VNA
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Checking votes at a polling station in Narathiwat, Thailand (Photo: AFP / VNA) 
