Thailand's parliament voted on Tuesday to elect Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai party as the country's new prime minister, after a monthslong deadlock since the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) secured the biggest number of seats in May's polls, Ednews informs via DW.
Srettha needed 375 votes in total from the country's combined upper and lower houses to secure the prime minister position.
Pheu Thai, which came second in the election, had initially allied itself with the MFP, alongside six other parties. However, it decided earlier in August to seek a new alliance excluding the MFP, whose candidate for prime minister was blocked at least twice.