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Senate elections were held in Thailand from 9 to 26 June 2024, the first of its kind under the 2017 Constitution. Under the Constitution, the transitional Senate of Thailand expired on 10 May 2024. Afterwards, the following Senates will be a 200-member body and have no power to elect Prime Ministers.
This will be the third election under the 2017 constitution, which was implemented under the National Council for Peace and Order (the junta that took power in the 2014 Thai coup d'état), and the first after the expiration of the constitution's five-year transitory provision that gave the senate voting rights to choose the prime minister in a joint session of parliament.
The People's Party (PPLE; Thai: พรรคประชาชน, RTGS: Phak Prachachon) is a social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand.It is the successor party of the former Move Forward Party [2] [17] which was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 August 2024.
February 17, 2024 at 7:36 PM. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in ...
The election of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand’s prime minister represents a remarkable comeback for the political dynasty founded by her billionaire father, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ...
Thailand faces a critical week of court cases that could trigger a political crisis in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, with the fate of the prime minister and the main opposition hanging ...
Voter turnout during elections is not much of a problem in Thailand as voting is compulsory and is one of the responsibilities described in the Constitution a citizen must exercise. Turnout is however much higher during general elections (85% in 2007, 75% in 2019 [ 8 ] ) than they are for Senate (56% in 2008, 43% in 2014 [ 9 ] ) or local ...
Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election where his party had finished only second. Srettha's rise to the highest ...