BANGKOK, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's general election on Sunday upholds the constitution and people's power, a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party executive said here Monday.

    Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying that the TRT Party is pleased with the development -- that the country's constitution and the Thai people's electoral rights are sustained amid differences in opinions among people in the society.

    "Whatever the election results will be, the development is an achievement of our country's democracy and the TRT Party is happy with that," he said.

    Prommin called for a spirit of national reconciliation after the election to forge ahead with the second-round political reformand national development with the participation of all parties concerned.

    "From now on, all conflicting parties should turn to a reconcilable mode for the sake of societal and national benefits,"he urged.

    Prommin acknowledged that the caretaker prime minister would bewilling to consider all proposed ideas from all parties to achievethe national reconciliation.

    Unofficial vote counts so far have shown that the TRT Party will win Sunday's election despite a number of vote abstentions in several constituencies, particularly those in Bangkok and the South, the report said.

    Thaksin's TRT Party was the only major political party contesting in the election with some small minor parties, as the three main opposition parties, including the Democrat, the Chart Thai and the Mahachon Party, boycotted the early poll.

    Thaksin said he would not accept the premiership if his TRT Party won less than 50 percent of the total vote. Enditem