Thailand New Election System

Choltanutkun tun atiruj wasn t old enough to vote in the last official elections held in thailand in 2011.

Thailand new election system. Recall that the electoral system thailand used in 2011 was a mixed member majoritarian system mmm with 375 single seat constituencies and. However due to the way thailand s electoral system has been skewed in favour of the junta by a new military drafted constitution the 2014 coup leader general prayuth chan ocha is expected to. If not by birth then by being a citizen for 5 years.

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. The first electoral test for that new system came last week when thailand finally held its long delayed parliamentary election. They must be over 18 years old the year before the year the election is held.

It has introduced a new voting system which disadvantages thailand s biggest party the pro thaksin pheu thai by imposing a ceiling on the number of seats it can win. The 2019 thai general election was held in thailand on 24 march 2019. Suchit bunbongkan vice chairman of the constitution drafting committee cdc said the charter drafters adopted this new electoral system for thailand to focus on making every vote count along with giving an opportunity for small parties to gain more seats in the parliament.

Boundaries to its advantage and introducing a new voting system that caps the number. However certain restrictions apply. Elections are held under universal suffrage in accordance with the 2007 constitution.

And though the results are not yet official it is already clear. The voter must be a national of thailand.