Thailand to announce official results of elections next Friday, pro-junta party claims victory

Thailand’s election commission on Monday stated that the results of the parliamentary elections will be announced on Friday.

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The APC network said on Monday that pro-junta party headed by former general Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha against a democratic front had announced that it had won a majority of the seats and would seek to form a government.

Voters in Thailand on Sunday went to the polls to select the 500 parliament members, which will be appointed by the 250-member upper house of the military junta, for the next prime minister.