"I am ready to be Thailand's next prime minister ... I will be the prime minister of change." Each parliamentarian will be called on by the house speaker to verbally vote for either candidate. ABHISIT OUTA new prime minister will need at least 376 votes, or more than half the parliament. Neither the opposition nor Palang Pracharat's side officially has a majority in the lower house, with 246 seats and 203 respectively.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 03:15 UTC