Parliamentary election in Thailand 2011

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Parliamentary election in Thailand 2011
(Votes for the seats allocated according to party lists)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.4%
(+ 8.8  % p )
35.2%
(-4.4  % p )
3.9%
(+ 2.4  % p )
2.8%
(-1.6  % p )
9.7%
(-5.2  % p )
Otherwise.
2007

2011

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Remarks:
a 2007: predecessor party PPP
c 2007: predecessor party NDP
d 2007: predecessor party CTP
     
A total of 500 seats
  • PTP : 265
  • CP : 19
  • Otherwise: 23
  • BJT : 34
  • DP : 159

The 2011 parliamentary election in Thailand took place on July 3rd. The opposition Pheu Thai Party, led by Yingluck Shinawatra , gained an absolute majority , while the previous ruling party, the Democratic Party , only received 30 percent of the votes cast. The election became necessary after the House of Representatives was dissolved by Royal Decree, BE 2554 (2011) on May 10, 2011.

The election was originally scheduled for November 14, 2010. However, it has been postponed several times.

The previous parliamentary election took place on December 23, 2007.

Candidates and parties

Yingluck Shinawatra , the sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , ran as the top candidate of the popular Pheu Thai Party (PTP) . The PTP is the successor party to the Phak Palang Prachachon (PPP), which was banned by the Constitutional Court in 2008 for electoral fraud . This in turn is the successor party of the former ruling party Thai Rak Thai (TRT), which was banned after the military coup in 2006 .

Abhisit Vejjajiva , then Prime Minister, ran as the top candidate for the Democratic Party .

In addition, the Bhumjaithai and Chartthaipattana Parties (CP), the Chart Pattana Party , Phak Matubhum , the Social Action Party and numerous smaller parties took part in the election.

background

A little more than a year before the elections, demonstrations took place in Bangkok aimed at the immediate resignation of the Abhisit Vejjajiva government. These evolved into the 2010 Bangkok riots , which were eventually put down by the Thai Armed Forces . The demonstrators, organized as the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship , are close to the PTP.

Election campaign

Allocation of seats by province.

In the run-up to the elections, questions arose about the military's position on the likely PTP victory. Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha emphasized in a televised address in June 2011 that he viewed the PTP as a threat to the state order and criticized an "anti-monarchist undercurrent" in the election campaign.

The PTP advertised with the slogan “ Thaksin thinks, Pheu-Thai acts. ". Yingluck Shinawatra also promised discounts and credit cards for farmers.

Abhisit Vejjajiva campaigned with income guarantees for agriculture, loan discounts for home buyers and better salaries in the public sector.

Results

Majorities in the provinces of Thailand:
Pheu Thai Party Democratic Party Bhumjaithai Party Chartthaipattana Phalang Chon no majority







absolute majority
265 19th 16 7th 34 159
Pheu Thai CP * Other BJT ** Democratic Party
* CP = charter thai pattana; ** BJT = Bhumjaithai party

On July 4th, Thailand's electoral commission announced that the PTP had won 265 of the 500 seats. The Democratic Party won 159 seats. The turnout was 75.03 percent.

The election commission received 1,900 complaints about irregularities.

On July 11, the electoral commission confirmed 358 seats. 142 seats for the PTP and Democratic Party were not accepted for the time being. The next day the Commission launched an investigation into the PTP's campaign. Specifically, it was suspected that Thaksin Shinawatra and other people excluded from politics were involved in the PTP election campaign. On July 19, the electoral commission dismissed all complaints and confirmed the original result.

On August 2nd, Somsak Kiatsuranont was elected as the new President of the House of Representatives.

Political party Votes
(party list)
% Seats
(party list)
Seats
(constituencies)
Seats
(total)
Pheu Thai party 15,744,190 48.4% 61 204 265
Democratic Party 11,433,762 35.2% 44 115 159
Bhumjaithai party 1,281,577 3.9% 5 29 34
Charter Haipattana Party 906.656 2.8% 4th 15th 19th
Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party 494,894 1.5% 2 5 7th
Phalang Chon Party 178.110 0.6% 1 6th 7th
Rak Thailand Party 998.603 3.1% 4th 0 4th
Matubhum party 251.702 0.8% 1 1 2
Rak Santi Party 284.132 0.9% 1 0 1
Mahachon party 133,772 0.4% 1 0 1
New Democracy Party 125,784 0.4% 1 0 1
Others 692,322 2.1% 0 0 0
All in all 32,525,504 100.0% 125 375 500

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jochen Buchsteiner: A woman will soon rule in Thailand. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 3, 2011, accessed July 4, 2011 .
  2. Thai elections likely to be held on July 3. (No longer available online.) In: news.asiaone.com. May 11, 2011, archived from the original on May 11, 2011 ; accessed on July 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / news.asiaone.com
  3. Katja Dombrowski: Yingluck Shinawatra - The sister. (No longer available online.) In: EMMA. December 2012, archived from the original on December 19, 2013 ; Retrieved February 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.katja-dombrowski.info
  4. a b c d Jochen Buchsteiner: Thaksin's coup. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. June 15, 2011, accessed June 16, 2011 .
  5. Udo Schmidt: 'Thaksin thinks, Pheu Thai acts'. In: Deutsche Welle . January 7, 2011, accessed December 10, 2013 .
  6. EC announces Thailand's official 2011 General Election result . ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Election Commission (EC) Thailand, last accessed July 5, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mcot.net
  7. Jochen Buchsteiner: Election triumph for Thaksin's sister. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. July 4, 2011, accessed July 4, 2011 .
  8. Investigation initiated against the winner. In: ORF . July 13, 2011, accessed July 14, 2011 .
  9. ^ Clear the way for the first head of government. In: ORF. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011 .
  10. Members of Parliament elected President of Parliament. In: ORF. August 2, 2011, accessed August 2, 2011 .
  11. Thai election commission announces official election result. In: xinhuanet.com. July 5, 2011, accessed March 27, 2012 .