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THAILAND’S first election since the 2014 military coup descended into chaos yesterday after the Electoral Commission (EC) delayed announcing preliminary results amid complaints over irregularities and inaccurate data.
Initial reports pointed to victory for the pro-military Palang Pracha Rath Party which would have allowed it to form a government under the current prime minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha.
The EC announced after polls closed on Sunday that the PPRP had won 7.6 million of the popular vote with 90 per cent of the ballots counted, half a million more than Pheu Thai – a party linked to former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra.
Starmer struggles to save leadership amid polling calamity
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY
