Today (Monday) at 1pm, fourteen parties, led by Pheu Thai, will conduct a press conference at parliament to declare their coalition in forming a new government.
The coalition as a whole holds 317 seats in the House of Representatives’ 500 members. As follows:
141 seats at Pheu Thai
Seats in Bhumjaithai, 71
40 seats in Palang Pracharath.
36 seats for United Thai Nation
10 seats in Chartthaipattana
9 seats for prachachat
2 seats on the Pheu Thai Ruam Palang
Pattana Kla chart, 2 seats
Seri Ruam Thai (Thai Liberal), 1 seat
one seat for Plung Sungkom Mai
Thai Thongthee, 1 seat
(1) New Democracy
Mai, a single seat
Thai Teachers for the People, Kru Thai Pheu Prachachon, 1 seat
According to reliable sources, the Palang Pracharath party will be represented by its secretary-general Thamanat Prompao. Srettha Thavisin and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the two Pheu Thai candidates for prime minister, will not be present at the press conference. Instead, they will host a separate meeting of the MPs at the party headquarters at 3 p.m.
At 2.30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. today, the Democrat, Bhumjaithai, and Move Forward parties will have separate sessions with their MPs.
