International Desk: Thai voters have delivered a stunning verdict in favour of an opposition party that is calling for radical reform of the country’s institutions, reports BBC. <\/p>\n
Early results show Move Forward exceeding every prediction to win 151 of the 500 seats in the lower house.<\/p>\n
It’s now 10 seats ahead of what was the frontrunner, Pheu Thai, led by ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter.<\/p>\n
Analysts are calling this a political earthquake that represents a significant shift in public opinion.<\/p>\n
It is also a clear repudiation of the two military-aligned parties of the current government, and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who led a coup that ousted an elected government in 2014. The governing coalition won only 15% of the seats.<\/p>\n
“The majority of votes reflect the need to escape from the ‘Prayuth regime’, and the yearning for change,” says Prajak Kongkirati, a political scientist from Thammasat University. “It shows that people believe in the Move Forward demand for change – many more people than predicted.”<\/p>\n
Thai social media is already awash with victory messages from Move Forward supporters, who have been calling themselves “organic canvassers”, and are describing the party’s win as a “wind of change” and the “dawn of a new era.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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