BANGKOK, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Bhumjaithai Party is taking the lead by a considerable margin with over 50 percent of the eligible votes counted in Thailand's House of Representatives election, according to preliminary results released by the country's Election Commission on Sunday.
Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul announced in a press conference that the Bhumjaithai Party has won Thailand's House of Representatives election on Sunday.
In an earlier press conference, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People's Party, said that if the Bhumjaithai Party forms a government, the People's Party is ready to act as the opposition party.
