This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on Thailand’s election on Sunday, May 14.
- Vote counting is under way in Thailand’s pivotal election, with preliminary results showing a youth-led progressive party ahead of the populist juggernaut aligned with self-exiled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra.
- With nearly all votes counted, the Move Forward Party holds a slight lead over Pheu Thai in the contest for some 400 directly elected constituency seats.
- MFP is also leading Pheu Thai in the race for the 100 party-list seats.
- The party of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is seeking re-election, is lagging behind badly.
- Sunday’s election pits MFP and Pheu Thai against parties allied with Prayuth and other royalist generals who are keen to preserve the status quo after nine years of military-backed rule.