Vote counting is underway in Thailand after voters went to the polls on Sunday in an early general election dominated by three major parties. The election was widely seen as a three-way contest among the progressive People’s Party, populist Pheu Thai, and conservative Bhumjaithai, vying for power.
The vote, involving 53 million registered voters, took place against a backdrop of slow economic growth and growing nationalist sentiment. Of more than 50 parties contesting, only the People’s Party, Bhumjaithai, and Pheu Thai had the nationwide support to potentially form a government.
