Thailand, a democracy for most of the 1990s and early 2000s, has in the past decade had two military coups (in 2006 and 2014), violent street protests, a standoff in which the army and vigilantes ...

Thailand’s Election: What to Watch and What’s at Stake. The vote is seen as a referendum on the military, which has ruled Thailand for nine years.

(During Thailand’s last election in 2019, it took some 45 days.) There will no doubt be intense negotiations between the top three parties—and possibly Senate representatives—in the interim.

“It seems they have the election in their pocket,” Harit, a 29-year-old from rural northern Thailand, said of the pro-military party. “Everything is already decided.” ...

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Thailand’s election scheduled for May 14, 2023, will be held under political, constitutional, and legal frameworks that make a free and fair process nearly impossible.

Thailand’s quiet Senate election, which has been criticized by observers, will echo into the country’s future. The Undemocratic Shadow Over Thailand’s 2024 Senate Election Skip to main content ...

Thailand’s May 14 national elections could see an overwhelming opposition victory, but the military aligned with the king may try to manipulate the results. That would be a disastrous setback.

After disrupting a national election, ... cnni moshin thailand election liveshot_00014705.jpg. video Related video Thai elections inconclusive. pkg mohsin thailand voting_00005804.jpg.

Thailand’s 2024 Senate election is the first of its kind after the upper legislative body was created by the country’s 2017 constitution that was implemented after successive coups had ousted ...