The People Power Party (PPP), who led in Thailand's first post-coup general election on Sunday, declared Monday that it has secured enough support from smaller parties to form a coalition government.

PPP secretary-general Surapong Suebwonglee said Monday that after negotiations, the PPP has settled an alliance with some other parties to secure a majority at the parliament with 280 to 290 MP seats in the 480-member House of Representatives, enough for the PPP to form a coalition government.

The latest unofficial voting results as counted by the Election Commission (EC) that PPP has 232 out of 480 seats while its major rival Democrat gets 165 seats.

They were followed by Chart Thai (Thai Nation) Party, which wins 37 seats, Puea Pandin (For the motherland) Party with 25 seats, Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana (Thais United National Development) Party with nine, Matchima Thipataya (Neutral Democratic Party) which gets seven and Pracharaj (Royal People) Party with five seats.

The EC is expected to announce the official results in seven day.

Surapong said the party would not reveal now which parties the PPP is to form a coalition with, but rather wait until the official voting results is confirmed by the EC.

It is not yet clear how many yellow or red cards the EC will issue to disqualify some winning MP candidates on electoral cheating allegations, which might alter the parties' positions, noted Surapong.

The PPP planed to announce the coalition after Jan. 3 next year, said Surapong.

Although securing a lead with most MPs seats, the PPP, seen as a nominee party for Thaksin Shinawatra who was ousted by a military coup in September last year, still fell a dozen seats short of a simple majority in forming a single-party government.

PPP spokesman Kuthep Saikrajang earlier said his party would confer with Chart Thai Party and Puea Pandin Party in forming a coalition government.

Banharn Silpaarcha, leader of Chart Thai Party and former prime minister, said late Sunday night that his party, one of Thailand's veteran political parties, would ally with the young Puea Pandin Party.

However, the 75-year-old seasoned politician remained tight- lipped by far as to which of the top two parties -- the PPP or the Democrat Party, the Chart Thai-Puea Pandin alliance would join in forming a coalition government.

Meanwhile, Puea Pandin party leader Suvit Khunkitti is expected to make a statement about his party's political direction later on Monday.

The party's spokesman Watchiramon Gunakasemthanawat admitted that the PPP party led by Samak Sundaravej had contacted the party Sunday night about forming a coalition government but not much progress was made.

He also denied his party has agreed to join forces with Chart Thai, but would rather wait for clarity on EC's decision on whether to issue red and yellow cards to nullify some winning MP candidates on electoral cheating charges, before deciding on which side to choose.

He said Puea Pandin's main standpoint is that "we are a party that favors national reconciliation."