Since 2001, the Thai Rak Thai Party and its subsequent offshoot Pheu Thai Party have never lost an election.
Even at the last election in 2019, the party gained the most votes, but it could not form a coalition government due to the previous election law and ballot calculation system. In the upcoming election, Pheu Thai is projected to come first again, and the party may even have the opportunity to form a coalition government. Suffice to say, winning again might not be as big a challenge as finding a party nominee for prime minister.
Unconfirmed news hints that the party might nominate 35-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ex-PM Thaksin's youngest daughter, as prime minister. The news is making a big splash because technically, the scenario is not impossible. The party has made three members of the Shinawatra family premier -- Thaksin, Yingluck and Somchai Wongsawat.
