2019 Thai general election

2019 Thai general election

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All 500 seats in the House of Representatives 251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.69% ( 26.97pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats Palang Pracharat Prayut Chan-o-cha[a] 23.34 116 Pheu Thai Sudarat Keyuraphan 21.92 136 Future Forward Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit 17.34 81 Democrat Abhisit Vejjajiva 10.92 53 Bhumjaithai Anutin Charnvirakul 10.33 51 Thai Liberal Sereepisuth Temeeyaves 2.29 10 Chart Thai Pattana Kanchana Silpa-archa 2.16 10 New Economics Mingkwan Saengsuwan 1.34 6 Prachachart Wan Muhamad Noor Matha 1.34 7 Puea Chat Songkram Kitlertpairote 1.16 5 Action Coalition for Thailand Suthep Thaugsuban[b] 1.15 5 Chart Pattana Suwat Liptapanlop 0.70 3 Thai Local Power Chatchawal Kong-udom 0.59 3 Forest Conservation Damrong Pidej 0.38 2 People Power Nikhom Bunwiset 0.23 1 Thai Nation Power Songklod Thiprat 0.20 1 People Progressive Somkiat Sornlump 0.19 1 Palang Thai Rak Thai Kathathep Techadetruangkul 0.17 1 Thai Civilized Mongkolkit Suksintharanon 0.17 1 Prachaniyom Yongyut Thepjumnong 0.16 1 Teachers for People Prida Bunphloeng 0.16 1 People Justice Pichet Satirachawan 0.13 1 People Reform Paiboon Nititawan 0.13 1 Citizen Power Silumpa Lertnuwat 0.12 1 New Democracy Suratin Pichan 0.11 1 New Palangdharma Ravee Maschamadol 0.10 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Prayut Chan-o-cha Independent (NCPO) Prayut Chan-o-cha Independent (PPRP)

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General elections were held in Thailand on 24 March 2019. They were the first elections 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 previous House having been dissolved by the coup.

Seventy-seven parties contested the elections, including the two major parties, Pheu Thai (which supported former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and held a majority of seats prior to the coup) and the Democrat Party (the main opposition party prior to the coup). They were joined by several new parties, which mostly campaigned on a pro- or anti-junta stance. The former included the Prayut-aligned Palang Pracharath Party, while the latter included the Future Forward Party, which catered to young voters, as well as several Pheu Thai–aligned parties.

The elections were held using a new mixed-member apportionment system, in which voters cast a single vote for both a constituency candidate and a nationwide party list, with the nationwide list used as leveling seats to achieve proportional representation. Under the new constitution, the prime minister did not need to be an elected member of the House, and would be chosen by the full Parliament, including the 250 members of the Senate, rather than only members of the House as previously.

The elections were widely seen as a skewed race in which Prayut had an unfair advantage, as the 250 sitting members of the appointed Senate were to be selected by the junta. The Royal Family was involved to an unusual degree; the Pheu Thai–aligned Thai Raksa Chart Party named Princess Ubol Ratana, the elder sister of King Vajiralongkorn, as its candidate for prime minister, leading to condemnation by the King and the party's dissolution by the Constitutional Court. In a move criticised on social media and interpreted as a political intervention, Vajiralongkorn issued a statement on the night prior to the election urging the public to support "good people" to prevent "chaos", quoting remarks by his father, the late king.^[1][2][3]

Overseas voting took place from 28 January to 19 February, and advanced voting took place throughout the country on 17 March. The main election took place from 08:00 to 17:00 on 24 March. Rights groups and election monitors criticized the election for its biased environment, and the Election Commission for many errors and irregularities. The announcement of the results was repeatedly delayed; unofficial results were announced on 28 March, four days after the election. Official results were announced on 8 May.

Although Palang Pracharath received the most votes and won 116 seats, Pheu Thai emerged as the largest party with 136 seats. Most of the remaining seats were won by the Future Forward, Democrat and Bhumjaithai parties. Pheu Thai and Future Forward announced a seven-party alliance soon after the election, but were unable to form a government. Parliament convened on 24 May and on 5 June voted to make Prayut prime minister.

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