Thai PM's party set for poll win
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Thais are voting in an election that is expected to give Thaksin Shinawatra's party a landslide victory.
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Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Monday his interim government agrees the next general election should be held on Dec. 23. If carried out, it will be the first vote since last year's coup toppled the government.
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Thailand's military looks set to loom   large over an interim civilian government despite pledging it   would step back two weeks after ousting Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra in a bloodless coup.
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With exit polls suggesting the Peoples Power Party could win an outright majority in Thailand's lower house of parliament, PPP leader Samak Sundaravej was optimistic after voting ended Sunday in the first election since last year's military takeover.
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Thailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.
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The People Power Party, which supports deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to unveil a coalition government Saturday, capping a dramatic political turnaround 16 months after his ouster.
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BANGKOK, Dec. 24 -- The Thai political party allied with deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Monday that it has recruited enough other parties to form a coalition government following its success in the country's first election since a 2006 coup.
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The interim prime minister hand-picked by Thailand's military commanders is expected to be formally announced and sworn-in Sunday after the country's king gives his approval, television editors said Saturday.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  became Thailand's first two-time elected leader on Monday,  marking a new era of stable government after a crushing  election victory that proved the power of mass market populism.
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A party that backs former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that it had enough allies in parliament to form a government.
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A party linked to former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra unveils a coalition with five smaller parties after elections.
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The winning party in Thailandâs general election said Wednesday it had reached agreement with coalition partners to form a government.
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Thailand faced an uncertain political future Thursday after a top court banned ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party from contesting promised elections later this year.
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Slowly but -- it seems -- surely, the party backing ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to be Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune since last year's military coup.
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Thailand's political parties pursued coalition talks Monday after allies of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won nearly half the seats Â but not an outright majority Â in the first parliamentary election since a military coup.
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With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that he was prepared to return to Thailand.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he was confident the party he backed in weekend elections could form a coalition government, unless prevented unfairly, allowing him to return from exile.