Thailand General Election 2019

It was the first election since the 2014 thai coup d état that installed coup leader general prayut chan o cha as prime minister and the first held in accordance with the 2017 constitution which was drafted under the ruling military junta the elections selected the five hundred members of the new house of representatives.

Thailand general election 2019. Thailand s election commission on wednesday announced the final results of the march 24 general election the first since a military coup in 2014 that gave no party an absolute majority. Thai party cleared over illuminati claims. The 500 members of the house of representatives are elected using a form of mixed member proportional representation in which voters cast a single vote.

The national assembly of thailand of 2019 consists of 500 members of the house of representatives elected in the 24 march 2019 general election and 250 members of the appointed senate it is the first parliament convened in accordance with the 2017 constitution which followed the 2014 military coup its lower house was the first since the coup to be elected while the senate was appointed by. Posted at 11 10 21 jan 11 10 21 jan. The 2019 thai general election was held in thailand on 24 march 2019.

On the eve of the election thailand s king maha vajiralongkorn issued a. The current 250 senators of the senate of thailand were not elected but were appointed by the national council for peace and order the military junta which ruled thailand from 2014 to the 2019 general election. Thailand s prime minister prayut chan o cha talks to the media after voting at a polling station in bangkok on march 24 2019 during thailand s general election.

Thai voters have taken part in the country s first general election since the 2014 coup. Thai anti junta activists display placards during a demonstration against the possible delay of the country s general election in bangkok on january 8 2019. The 2017 constitution does not include elections for the senate.

A court acquits a major opposition party accused of having links to the mythical secret society.