ThaiDataPoints provides enlightening background and Analysis on Thailand's first election in eight years.
2023 marked a year of significant political developments in Thailand. The winds of change started with the general elections in May, which saw the opposition Move Forward Party securing electoral victory. Move Forward’s lead over another opposition party, Pheu Thai, was another surprise given that...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand votes Sunday in an election many see as an opportunity to break free from military-dominated governments that have held power for most of the nation's modern history.
Part of TikTok's efforts during the elections is to prohibit election misinformation, hate speeches, harmful behaviors, and violent extremism. Moreover, a roundtable discussion with academics was held to exchange ideas for developing and updating platform policies for the upcoming 2023 Thailand's Gen...
Move Forward Party Leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat speaks to the media in the Thai Parliament in Bangkok after losing the first parliamentary vote on July 13, 2023. Lillian Suwanrumpha | Afp | Getty Images "But again even revising some parts, the conservativ...
In its petition, the ombudsman's office also asked the court to suspend the prime minister's selection until the court makes a ruling on the case. The Move Forward Party emerged as the largest party in the lower house of the National Assembly in Thailand's general election in May. It has...
Paetongtarn became the leading PM candidate of the Pheu Thai Party for the general election in 2023. After the election, Pheu Thai joined hands with the conservative parties of the previous government to form the ruling coalition and nominated Srettha, a former property tycoon, to be the prime...
Move Forward, formed as a new home to lawmakers of the dissolved Future Forward, campaigned for an amendment to the law in the 2023 election. That and the introduction of other democratic reforms carried over from its predecessor landed it in first place in...
ALSO READ: Voters go to polls in Thailand's general election The party had won most seats in every election this century, including twice in landslides, but met its match against Move Forward as it came close to a sweep of the capital Bangkok and made gains in rivals' strongholds. "Pheu...
The Move Forward Party and its coalition will announce the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in forming a new Thailand government on Monday, 22 May 2023 at 4.30 PM. The Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commander of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d’état...