General elections are scheduled to be held in Thailand no later than 28 June 2027.[a] They will determine the composition of the House of Representatives.
 | |||||
| |||||
All 500 seats in the House of Representatives 251 seats needed for a majority | |||||
| |||||
Background
editThis 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. As such, unlike in 2023 when the junta-appointed senate (whose term also ends after five years) blocked the election's majority winner from forming government, this time the outcome of the election should determine the resulting government.[1]
| Affiliation | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected[2] | Current[3] | Change | ||
| People's Party | 0 | 143 |  143
| |
| Pheu Thai | 141 | 141 | 
| |
| Bhumjaithai | 71 | 70 |  1
| |
| Palang Pracharat Party | 40 | 40 |
| |
| United Thai Nation | 36 | 36 |
| |
| Democrat | 25 | 25 |
| |
| Chart Thai Pattana | 10 | 10 |
| |
| Prachachart | 9 | 9 |
| |
| Thai Sang Thai | 6 | 6 |
| |
| Chart Pattana | 2 | 3 | 1
| |
| Thai Ruam Palang | 2 | 2 |
| |
| Fair Party | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Thai Liberal | 1 | 1 |
| |
| New Democracy | 1 | 1 |
| |
| New Party | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Thai Counties | 1 | 1 |
| |
| New Social Power | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Teachers for People | 1 | 1 |
| |
| Thai Progress Party | 0 | 1 | 1
| |
| Move Forward[b] | 151 | 0 | 151
| |
| Independent[c] | 0 | 0 |
| |
| Total | 500 | 493 | 7
| |
| Vacant | N/A | 6 | 6
| |
| Suspended | N/A | 1 | 1
| |
| Government majority | 62 | 151 | 89
| |
Electoral system
editAs in the 2023 election, the electoral system will follow that of the 2021 amendment of the 2017 constitution. The 500 members of the House of Representatives are elected by parallel voting. 400 seats are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 100 seats by proportional representation. Voters cast separate ballots for the two sets of seats.[4]
Opinion polls
edit.png)
Preferred party
edit| Fieldwork date(s) | Polling firm | Sample | PP ↑ MFP |
PTP | UTN | BJT | Dem | PPRP | Undecided | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–23 September 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 34.25% | 27.15% | 9.95% | 3.55% | 4.40% | 2.05% | 15.10% | 3.55% | 7.10% |
| 14–18 June 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 49.20%[d] | 16.85% | 7.55% | 2.20% | 3.75% | 1.75% | 15.00% | 3.70% | 32.35% |
| 7–18 May 2024 | KPI | 1,620 | 44.90%[d] | 20.20% | 10.90% | 3.50% | 3.00% | 3.00% | – | 12.60% | 24.70% |
| 11–13 March 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 48.45%[d] | 22.10% | 5.10% | 1.70% | 3.50% | 2.30% | 12.75% | 4.10% | 26.35% |
| 9–20 December 2023 | SPU | 1,168 | 61.50%[d] | 25.50% | 1.08% | 1.03% | 1.04% | 1.95% | – | 7.90% | 26.00% |
| 13–18 December 2023 | NIDA | 2,000 | 44.05%[d] | 24.05% | 3.20% | 1.75% | 3.60% | 1.45% | 16.10% | 6.00% | 20.00% |
| 22–24 August 2023 | SPU | 1,253 | 62.00%[d] | 12.87% | 9.27% | 4.39% | 1.86% | 2.00% | – | 7.61% | 49.13% |
| 14 May 2023 | 2023 election | – | 37.99%[d] | 28.84% | 12.54% | 2.99% | 2.43% | 1.41% | – | 13.80% | 9.15% |
Preferred prime minister
edit| Fieldwork date(s) | Polling firm | Sample | Natthaphong | Paethongtarn | Pirapan | Anutin | Sudarat | Prawit | Undecided | Others | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–23 September 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 22.90 | 31.35 | 8.65 | 4.00 | 4.80 | 1.15 | 23.50 | 3.65 | 8.45 | |
| Fieldwork date(s) | Polling firm | Sample | Pita | Srettha | Paethongtarn | Pirapan | Anutin | Sudarat | Prawit | Undecided | Others | Lead |
| 14–18 June 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 45.50 | 12.85 | 4.85 | 6.85 | 2.05 | 3.40 | — | 20.55 | 3.95 | 24.95 |
| 7–18 May 2024 | KPI | 1,620 | 46.90 | 8.70 | 10.50 | – | 3.30 | – | 0.40 | – | 30.50 | 36.40 |
| 11–13 March 2024 | NIDA | 2,000 | 42.45 | 17.75 | 6.00 | 3.55 | 1.45 | 2.90 | 1.05 | 20.05 | 4.80 | 22.40 |
| 13–18 December 2023 | NIDA | 2,000 | 39.40 | 22.35 | 5.75 | 2.40 | 1.70 | 1.65 | — | 18.60 | 8.15 | 17.05 |
Government Approval
edit| Fieldwork date(s) | Polling firm | Sample size | Approve | Disapprove | Neither | Others | Net approval | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–11 September 2024 | NIDA | 1,310 | 41.30 | 57.94 | – | 0.76 | –16.64 | Paetongtarn's Cabinet |
| 4–5 June 2024 | NIDA | 1,310 | 32.59 | 66.04 | – | 1.37 | –33.45 | Srettha's Cabinet |
Notes
edit- ^ While elections in Thailand are customarily held on a Sunday, there is no constitutional requirement to do so; the latest possible date for a general election to be held is the 45th day following the expiration of the House of Representatives four-year term or 45th-60th day in the case of House of Representatives being dissolved.
- ^ The party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 7 August 2024.
- ^ Under Thai law, a member of the House of Representatives must be officially affiliated with a political party. However, if for any reason their party membership is rescinded, they can be without a party for up to thirty days. During the thirty days, they must find a new party to affiliate with or their membership of parliament will end.
- ^ a b c d e f g As Move Forward Party, People's Party's de facto predecessor
References
edit- ^ Sattaburuth, Aekarach (19 February 2024). "Representatives of Thai public to succeed junta-appointed senators". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
"Thailand falls 8 places in Democracy Index". Bangkok Post. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024. - ^ "เช็กผลคะแนนเลือกตั้ง 66 เรียลไทม์ | Thai PBS เลือกตั้ง #66 เลือกอนาคตประเทศไทย". Thai PBS (in Thai). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "26th House of Representatives Map". hris.parliament.go.th. Secretariat of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Thai Parliament passes election changes favouring ruling party". The Business Times. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
 | This Thailand-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |