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2019 – Re-established – Return of a 500-member House with 400 members elected through single constituency elections and 100 elected through party-list proportional representation, established by referendum under the 2017 constitution of Thailand. Thus, returning to a partially elected bicameral National Assembly with the senate being appointed.
The National Assembly was established in 1932 after the adoption of Thailand's first constitution, which transformed Thailand from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. During the 2013 political crisis , the House of Representatives was dissolved by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who called for election on 2 February 2014 until ...
On 23 December 2007, a national parliamentary election was held, based on the new constitution, and the People's Power Party (Thai Rak Thai's and Thaksin's proxy party), led by former Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej, seized the reins of government. Thailand's new parliament convened on 21 January 2008.
The other 150 is elected through party lists given to the election commission by the political parties before election day. [2] In the current system as laid out by the 2017 constitution, known as "mixed member apportionment (MMA)", the voter casts a single vote for a constituency MP, which is then also used in the calculation of the party list ...
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it will rule on whether to dissolve the political party that won the most seats in last year’s election for allegedly violating the ...
The January 2001 house election, the first house election contested under the 1997 constitution, was called the most open, corruption-free election in Thai history. [15] Political parties were effectively strengthened, and the effective number of parties in the legislature fell.
Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule Wednesday on whether the Move Forward Party violated the constitution by proposing to amend a law that forbids defaming the country’s royal family.
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's disbanded opposition Move Forward unveiled a new political vehicle on Friday that will be the biggest party in parliament, promising to advance reforms and a ...