ChinesePod News (March 28, 2019)br br The official outcome of Thailand’s national election last Sunday will not be announced until May 9. Preliminary results indicate a surprise lead for the ruling military party. However, the country’s main opposition party, Pheu Thai, says that it has formed a 255-strong coalition. The alliance would comprise a majority in the 500-member lower house of parliament and could prevent the military junta from returning to power.br br NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at br This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: br br 结盟: to form an alliancebr 掌权: to exercise controlbr 出炉: to appear on stagebr 推翻: to overturn br 明朗: clear; obviousbr br Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!br ===================================br Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.