Thai election: Bhumjaithai leads as count hits 94%

2026-02-09 - 02:46

Thailand’s Election Commission on 9 February 2569 announced unofficial results from the general election, with 94% of ballots counted as of 03:57, according to the ECT Report 2569 system. Early results show Bhumjaithai Party in the lead, winning more than 190 seats, followed by the People’s Party with more than 110 seats, Pheu Thai Party with over 70 seats, and Kla Tham Party, which posted strong gains with more than 50 seats. Based on constituency results counted so far, seat totals are as follows: Bhumjaithai Party: 174 seats People’s Party: 87 seats Pheu Thai Party: 58 seats Kla Tham Party: 56 seats Democrat Party: 10 seats Thai Ruam Palang Party: 5 seats Palang Pracharath Party: 4 seats Prachachat Party: 4 seats New Opportunity Party: 1 seat Thai Sang Thai Party: 1 seat In the party-list vote count, the People’s Party ranked first with 9,731,807 votes, securing 31 seats, followed by Bhumjaithai with 5,935,664 votes and 19 seats, and Pheu Thai with 5,131,482 votes and 16 seats. Other party-list results include: Democrat Party: 3,622,601 votes (12 seats) Economic Party: 1,042,117 votes Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party: 702,564 votes Pheu Chart Thai Party: 627,066 votes Kla Tham Party: 605,059 votes Meanwhile, results from a national referendum on whether Thailand should adopt a new constitution were 90% complete. Preliminary figures show: In favour: 19,857,202 votes Against: 10,486,451 votes No opinion: 2,876,260 votes Final certified results are expected after the full count and verification process is completed.