House of Representatives (Thailand)

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The Thai House of Representatives ( Thai : สภา ผู้แทนราษฎร ไทย , RTGS : Sapha Phu Thaen Ratsadon Thai ) is the lower house of the Thai National Assembly and, together with the Senate of Thailand , the two-chamber system of the country. The National Assembly was dissolved as a result of the military coup on May 22, 2014 and replaced by a National Legislative Assembly with 220 members selected by the military under the current interim constitution.

Below the article describes the situation under the repealed 2007 constitution:

General

The House of Commons has 500 members, of whom 375 are elected and 125 are appointed. A term of office is 4 years.

history

The House of Representatives was established after the Siamese Revolution of 1932 . The women's suffrage was introduced 1932nd

On April 7, 2010, activists of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship ( UDD for short , German about: United National Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship ; popularly "red shirts") broke into the parliament building in the course of the unrest in Bangkok and forced cabinet and members of parliament to flee. In direct response, the government established the Center for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) with an extensive mandate to restore order in the country, and the next day declared a state of emergency.

Composition and elections

Composition of the House of Representatives after the 2011 election: red - Pheu Thai (264); light blue: Democrats (160); purple - Bhumjaithai (34); pink - Chartthaipattana (19); gray - other (23)
Map of constituencies

elections

The elections take place every 4 years. The last election was on July 3, 2011. See also Parliamentary Election in Thailand 2011 . Four weeks later, on August 2, 2011, Somsak Kiatsuranont was elected as the new President of the House of Representatives.

composition

Composition of the House of Commons after the July 3, 2011 elections

Parties Elections in the constituencies About party lists total
be right % Seats be right % Seats Seats %
Pheu Thai 204 15,744,190 48.41 61 264 53.0%
Democrat 115 11,433,762 35.15 44 160 31.8%
Bhumjaithai 29 1,281,577 3.94 5 34 6.8%
Chart Thai Pattana 15th 906.656 2.79 4th 19th 3.8%
Chart Pattana Puea Pandin 5 494.894 1.52 2 7th 1.4%
Phalang Chon 6th 178.110 0.55 1 7th 1.4%
Rak Thailand 0 998.603 3.07 4th 4th 0.8%
Matubhum 1 251,702 0.77 1 2 0.4%
Rak Santi 0 284.132 0.87 1 1 0.2%
Mahachon 0 133.772 0.41 1 1 0.2%
New Democracy 0 125.784 0.39 1 1 0.2%
other parties 0 692,322 2.13 0 0 0.0%
Valid votes 375 32,525,504 125 500 100%
other voices 1,419,088 4.03%   958.052 2.72%
invalid votes 2,039,694 5.79% 1,726,051 4.90%
Source: Election of the members of the House of Commons 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all 500 members (accessed April 10, 2012)
  2. ^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 437
  3. ↑ Thailand. (pdf; 27 kB) country summary. In: Human Rights Watch . January 2011, accessed on March 28, 2012 (English, summary of the human rights situation in Thailand 2010.).
  4. ↑ Election of the members of the House of Commons 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 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. (accessed on December 17, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.ect.go.th
  5. ↑ Members of Parliament elected President of Parliament. In: ORF . August 2, 2011, accessed August 2, 2011 .