March 26, 2019

Amid allegations of "ghost ballots" in Thailand's election, the party trying to bring Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha back to power is jostling with one linked to former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a race to form a governing coalition.

Preliminary results gave neither side a commanding lead.

The Pheu Thai Party, which headed the government ousted by the 2014 military coup, bagged 137 constituencies out of 350 that were contested on Sunday, according to preliminary figures released by the Election Commission yesterday. Meanwhile, the pro-junta Palang Pracharath Party won 97.

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