[Thai elections: Pro-democracy and military-linked parties appear almost deadlocked in surprise early results]By Monday afternoon, Pheu Thai declared it had enough seats to form a coalition government with like-minded parties intent on ending military rule. “However hard Pheu Thai tries, they need 376 out of 500, and they cannot get 376,” said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Pheu Thai Party's candidate for prime minister, Sudarat Keyuraphan, attends a news conference Monday at the party’s headquarters in Bangkok. The jostling and competing claims of victory surfaced in the absence of conclusive results from Thailand’s election commission. The initial results, announcing the 350 constituency races, showed Pheu Thai with 137 seats.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 12:54 UTC