Indecisive poll
NZPA Bangkok The reform-minded Social Action Party, the staunchly Right-wing Thai People’s National Party, and the 'Centrist Democrats were emerging the winners yesterday in Thailand’s twelfth General Election, but none of the 37 contending groupings were capable of commanding a majority.
With most of the votes in, the unofficial results showed the S.A.P., headed by the former Prime Minister, Kukrit Prarnoj, ahead with 38 seats, and the Thai People’s National Party trailing with 33 in the race for 301 seats in the new Lower House of Parliament. The Democrats had 34 seats.
The Upper House, 86 per cent of which will consist of military or police officers, was appointed by the Prime] Minister (General Kriangsak!
Chamanand) during Sunday’s polling. The next Prime Minister will be chosen by the two Houses and General Kriangsak, who came to power in a coup d’etat 18 months ago, is expected to retain his job. Mr Kukrit, the No. 2 contender, has said he would not take part in a coalition government and the polling results showed that he could not possibly have enough votes to lead a one-party government.
Reports from Thailand’s 72 provinces and nearly 29,000 polling centres showed only scattered Communist guerrilla attempts to disrupt the elections. The most serious incident occurred in a rural area of the country’s northern Chiang Mai province where two policemen were killed. Other harassment was reported to the Interior Ministry from southern provinces.
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