Thailand's new parliament to open this weekend

BANGKOK, March ‌11 (Reuters) - Thailand's ​new ​parliament will hold its opening ceremony on March 14 ‌following last month's election, a Royal ⁠Gazette announcement said on Wednesday.

* The ‌general election was won ‌by Prime Minister AnutinCharnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party, which took 191 of the ​500seats in parliament, followed by the People's Party on 120 ⁠andPheu Thai on 74. * The newly convened house ​is expected to hold its firstmeeting on March 15 to ​elect a speaker and ‌deputy speaker,Siripong Angkasakulkiat, deputy leader of the Bhumjaithai ⁠Party,told Reuters earlier this week. * The house will likely vote on a ⁠candidate for primeminister on March 19, Siripong ​added. * Bhumjaithai has said it will form a coalition withthird-place Pheu Thai and several ‌smaller parties - an alliancethat would hold 290 seats. * The ‌new government is expected to ⁠begin working in ‌April,Bhumjaithai's Siripong ​said.

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Martin Petty; Editing by David ‌Stanway)

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