Thai PM Anutin seals new coalition after February election: Local media

The bloc commands the support of about 290 freshly elected lawmakers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, whose party won the election in February, has finalised his new coalition to form a government that will steer the nation’s US$577 billion (S$740 billion) economy after decades of economic stagnation.

The 59-year-old leader, in power since September 2025 after the court-ordered ouster of a rival, has secured a 15-party alliance in the 500-seat House of Representatives after the Feb 8 election, according to several local media, including Thai PBS, which did not cite sources.

The bloc commands the support of about 290 freshly elected lawmakers and a vote to confirm the prime minister is expected in the coming weeks.

The shape of the new coalition emerged after the Election Commission last week certified results of the vote, confirming seats for 191 officials from Mr Anutin’s ruling Bhumjaithai Party, the first conservative party to win an election in decades thanks to a campaign that emphasised national security in the wake of border clashes with Cambodia.

One other official who had won a constituency seat remains to be certified by the election agency. 

Mr Anutin’s new 36-member Cabinet will reserve 26 ministerial positions for Bhumjaithai officials across some of the top 14 ministries, including finance, commerce, foreign affairs, interior and defence, according to the Thai PBS report.