Thailand Prime Minister Vote | Barron’s

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*400 directly elected,

100 proportional to party vote

Move Forward

Party

Speaker

Coalition member,

vote is counted as

an abstention

Others

The coalition needed 51 more votes

Pheu Thai

Lower House

Upper house

311 votes for Pita

Eight-party coalition

Sources: Thai Election Commission/local media

Thailand prime minister vote

1 resignation

1 not present

43 not present

148 against

34 against

40 abstentions

159 abstentions

13 votes for Pita

500 seats*

250 seats

Move Forward Party’s Pita Limjaroenrat on July 13 failed to gain 375 votes needed from the two houses