Allegations of irregularities in Thailand’s election – including vote-buying, uncounted ballots and tallies greater than the names on electoral lists – have gathered momentum, increasing the pressure on polling authorities to hold recounts.
Protests across the country have been aimed squarely at the Election Commission (EC). While any potential recounts are unlikely to change the overall result of Sunday’s election, they threaten to slow the formation of a new government.
On Wednesday, Anutin, who is caretaker prime minister until his new government is sworn in, indicated he would hold off picking junior coalition partners “until at the very least that the EC says the count is 100 per cent complete … I want to see the clear number of seats first”.
The reformist People’s Party, pre-poll favourites to win the most seats, trailed on 118, according to the EC tracker with 94 per cent of votes tallied.
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