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 Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party, which took 191 of the 500 seats in parliament, followed by the People's Party on 120 and Pheu 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 prime minister on March 19, Siripong added.
Bhumjaithai has said it will form a coalition withthird-place Pheu Thai and several smaller parties - an alliance that 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)
