The election is the second since the 2014 coup and the first since the country was rocked by massive youth-led pro-democracy protests in Bangkok in 2020. theSun theSundaily election democracy politics Thailand
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha speaks to press after chairing the National Rice Policy and Administration Committee at Government House in Bangkok on March 20, 2023. AFPPIX: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha dissolved the country's parliament on Monday, setting up a general election in May as the former coup leader seeks to extend army-backed rule.
The election is the second since the 2014 coup and the first since the country was rocked by massive youth-led pro-democracy protests in Bangkok in 2020. In the same poll of 2,000 people, conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, nearly 50 percent said they would vote Pheu Thai, with Prayut's United Thai Nation party on around 12 percent.Pheu Thai have said they are targeting a big victory to prevent the military establishment from blocking their route to power -- avoiding a repeat of 2019 when they won most seats but were shut out of government.
“That’s why we... campaign about the landslide, because the landslide is going to make us strong enough to form the government.”
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