2023 Thai general election
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General elections are expected to be held in Thailand no later than 2023.[1]
Electoral system
The election will be the second to take place under the 2017 constitution drafted under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO—the military junta in power from 2014 to 2019). The 500 members of the House of Representatives are elected using a form of mixed-member proportional representation, in which voters cast a single vote. 350 seats are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 150 being levelling seats, allocated to ensure parties receive a number of seats proportionate to their national vote total.[2] As in the preceding 2019 election, the parliament's vote for Prime Minister will take place in a joint session with the 250-seat senate, according to the constitution's provisional terms. As the term of the NCPO-appointed senate lasts until 2024, it is expected to exert influence into this election as well.[3]
Opinion polls
Preferred party
Date(s) | Pollster | Sample | Pheu Thai | Democrat | Palang Pracharat | Future Forward | Other | Lead |
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18–20 December 2019 | NIDA | 2,511 | 19.9% | 10.8% | 16.7% | 30.3% | 22.3% | style="background:Template:Future Forward Party/meta/color; color:white;" |11.0% |
Preferred Prime Minister
Date(s) | Pollster | Sample | Chan-o-cha | Keyuraphan | Laksanawisit | Juangroongruangkit | Temeeyaves | Other | Lead |
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18–20 December 2019 | NIDA | 2,511 | 23.74% | 11.95% | 2.47% | 31.42% | 3.90% | 26.52% | style="background:Template:Future Forward Party/meta/color; color:white;" |7.7% |
References
- ^ Thailand CIA World Factbook
- ^ Thailand's New Electoral System Thai Data Points
- ^ Thongnoi, Jitsiree; Jaipragas, Bhavan (22 March 2019). "Thai election a battle royale for junta's Prayuth and the Shinawatras". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 June 2020.