Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some stability as a result.
Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some stability as a result.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn grants an audience to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok on Feb. 7. Source: Bureau of the Royal Household
Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some stability as a result.
Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some stability as a result.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn grants an audience to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok on Feb. 7. Source: Bureau of the Royal Household
Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.
Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrives at party headquarters in Bangkok Sunday night. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli
Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.
Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrives at party headquarters in Bangkok Sunday night. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli
Thai voters headed to the polls on Sunday in what is seen as a three-cornered contest, with most pre-poll surveys signaling a fractured mandate that could trigger a fresh bout of political paralysis.
Thai voters headed to the polls on Sunday in what is seen as a three-cornered contest, with most pre-poll surveys signaling a fractured mandate that could trigger a fresh bout of political paralysis.
Voters queue to cast their ballot in Thailand's general election at a polling station in Bangkok on Feb. 8. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
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