Ruling Democrat Party and its coalition partners won 20 out of 29 parliamentary seats in the by-election in 22 provinces throughout Thailand yesterday.
Democrat Party candidates won a total of seven seats, one each in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom Province, Ratchaburi Province, Lamphun Province, Samut Prakarn Province, Saraburi Province and Singburi Province. Its partners Chart Thai Pattana Party got ten seats while Puea Pandin Party  three seats.

Meanwhile, two opposition parties, Puea Thai Party and Pracharaj Party, won five and four seats respectively.
However, one of the successful candidate of Pracharaj Party was …

His Majesty the King has today issued a Royal command appointing Abhisit Vejjajiva as Thailand’s 27th prime minister.
Oxford-educated Abhisit, the leader of Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party, had been elected as the country’s new prime minister by a small majority of 235-198 votes in an extraordinary session of the House of Representatives on Monday and his name was submitted to His Majesty the King for official appointment in accordance with the Constitution of Thailand 2007.
Abhisit, 44, graduated from Oxford University with first-class honour in philosophy, politics and economics and later earned …