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Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation's general elections.
The official tally had not yet been completed, but with more than 90 percent of votes counted Sunday night, Yingluck's Pheu Thai party had won 262 seats in the country's 500-seat parliament.
"The first thing I want to do is help people on their economic situation," she said earlier Sunday, refusing to declare victory until the official count was over.
Minutes before, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded that she had won.
Yingluck is the younger sister of one of Thailand's most polarizing political figures, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted in a 2006 military coup.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/thailand.election/index.html
The official tally had not yet been completed, but with more than 90 percent of votes counted Sunday night, Yingluck's Pheu Thai party had won 262 seats in the country's 500-seat parliament.
"The first thing I want to do is help people on their economic situation," she said earlier Sunday, refusing to declare victory until the official count was over.
Minutes before, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded that she had won.
Yingluck is the younger sister of one of Thailand's most polarizing political figures, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted in a 2006 military coup.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/thailand.election/index.html
