2011 Thai general election

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2011 Thai general election
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All 500 seats in the House of Representatives
251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.03%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Pheu Thai Yingluck Shinawatra 47.03265+32
Democrat Abhisit Vejjajiva 34.14159−6
Bhumjaithai Chavarat Charnvirakul 3.8334New
Rak Thailand Chuwit Kamolvisit 2.984New
Chart Thai Pattana Chumpol Silpa-archa 2.7119−18
Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Wannarat Channukul 1.487−26
Rak Santi Purachai Piemsomboon 0.851New
Matubhum Party Sonthi Boonyaratglin 0.752New
Phalang Chon Sontaya Kunplome 0.537New
Mahachon Party Apirat Sirinavin 0.401+1
New Democracy Suratin Pichan 0.381New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2011 Thai general election result.svg
A map presenting the results of the election.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Democrat 		Yingluck Shinawatra
Pheu Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 3 July 2011 to elect the 24th House of Representatives. [1]

The protestors of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) or "Red Shirts" who occupied downtown Bangkok in April and May 2010 had demanded new elections. The government's counter-proposal to hold elections on 14 November 2010 was rejected by them and was followed by a violent crackdown when the protestors refused to disperse. [2] [3] Elections were finally announced in May 2011.

With a turnout of 75%, [4] populist Pheu Thai Party won a majority with 265 seats. [5] Its leader Yingluck Shinawatra became the first female prime minister in the history of Thailand. [6] The Democrat Party therefore became the main opposition party with a total of 159 seats. [5]

The election results were acknowledged on 27 July after the Election Commission dealt with a number of objections regarding alleged irregularities. [7] Reelections and recount were ordered to be held in several provinces, due to electoral fraud discovered by the commission. [8] [9] [10] The first session of the National Assembly was convoked on Monday, 1 August at Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall and its state opening was held at the same time. [11]

Following the victory by Pheu Thai Party, several countries, including Germany [12] and Japan, [13] lifted the ban that had once been imposed upon Thaksin Shinawatra, a convicted felon in Thailand.

Background

After the 2007 Thai general election, the People’s Power Party won a majority of seats in the parliament and became the leading party to set up the new government. Samak Sundaravej, party leader, became the 25th Prime Minister of Thailand. This election victory led to a series of political demonstrations by the royalist Peoples Alliance for Democracy ("Yellow Shirts").

On 2 December 2008, the People’s Power Party had been dissolved by the Constitutional Court over vote buying. The PPP's executive team was banned from politics for 5 years. After the party's dissolution, all of the party's members of parliament had to join another party if they wished to retain their seat. The majority of them transferred to the newly founded Pheu Thai Party. Some representatives defected to the Democrats, which enabled the Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to be elected by parliament as prime minister.

The National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship ("Red Shirts") was a pressure group that opposed the Thai military's alleged influence in the formation of Abhisit's government. It promptly organised several rounds of protests and calls for general elections. Abhisit government finally ordered the military to crack down on the Red Shirts in 2009, resulting in several deaths and hundreds of injuries on both sides.

The Red Shirts launched a new round of protests in mid-2010, again demanding new elections. The 14 March protest, centered around Phan Fah bridge, were the largest in Thai history and were mostly peaceful. [14] In April and May 2010 heavy Red Shirt protests led to violent clashes and the military cracked down on the protest camp in the heart of Bangkok from 13 to 19 May 2010.

Abhisit government's had passed several major amendments on electoral laws on 11 February 2011, transforming the constituency vote from multiple-seats-per-constituency to single-seat-per-constituency, reducing the number of constituency MPs, and increasing the proportional party list MPs. In the previous general elections in 2007, the Democrat Party had lost the constituency vote but won the proportional party list vote. [15]

On 17 February 2011 Prime Minister Abhisit announced that parliament would be dissolved by June. [16] On 11 March 2011, it was further announced that parliament would be dissolved by the first week of May 2011. [17]

Election date

Previously a proposal had made to hold the election on 14 November 2010, however, this was pushed back following a failure to come to agreement during the crisis.

On 9 May Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced that he would dissolve the lower house of parliament to hold an election on 3 July. King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed a royal decree on the dissolution the same day. This motion followed a court ruling the same day that the recently approved electoral laws (to 2007 Constitution §§93–98 involving method of electing members of parliament [18] ) are constitutional. Had parliament been dissolved without the ruling, there would have been a possibility of challenging the election date. [19]

Contesting parties

Appropriation of constituency seats per province 2011 Thai general election seat appropriation per region.png
Appropriation of constituency seats per province

This election covered 375 single-member constituencies, and 125 under proportional party lists. [20] After registration closed, party leaders participated in a random drawing of the number determining the order in which their parties appear on ballots, numbers which are also used in nationwide campaigning. Yingluck Shinawatra received a major psychological boost when her Pheu Thai party drew the number one; sitting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's Democrat Party drew number ten.

Represented numberParty's name
1 Pheu Thai Party* [21]
2 Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party* [22]
3New Democracy Party [23]
4Thai Citizen Party
5 Rak Thailand Party
6 Phalang Chon Party [24]
7Prachatham Party [25]
8Dumrongthai Party
9Mass Power Party
10 Democrat Party*
11Thai Por-Pieng Party [26]
12Rak Santi Party
13Thaipensuk Party [27]
14 Social Action Party*
15 Thai Pen Thai Party
16 Bhumjaithai Party*
17Thaen Khun Phaendin Party [28]
18 For Heaven and Earth Party [29]
19The Farmer Network of Thailand Party
20 New Politics Party
Represented numberParties name
21 Chartthaipattana Party* [30]
22Liberal Party
23Chart Samuccee Party
24Bamrungmueang Party
25Kasikornthai Party
26 Matubhum Party
27Better Life Party
28Palung Sungkom Thai Party
29Thai Party for Thai People [31]
30 Mahachon Party [32]
31Prachachon Chow Thai Party
32Rakpandin Party
33Civil Peace Party
34 New Aspiration Party*
35Asamatupoom Party
36Sport Party of Thailand
37Parung Chownathai Party [31]
38Thai Sangsun Party
39Puen Kaset Thai Party [31]
40Maharatpattana Party [33]

* Sent 125 candidates for all party-list seats

Campaign issues

After the drawing, the Election Commission of Thailand distributed handouts nationwide, listing all registered parties by number, name and logo; each party's list of candidates and party platform; modified for each district with campaign portraits of their candidates, again in numerical order. Local campaigners add party numbers to pre-printed campaign posters, or print new ones. In most cases, the numbers are in Red, but in the latter part of the campaign, the Democrat Party (10) changed theirs to Green.

Thaksin and the monarchy

The Democrat Party promised that with their rule all Thais would live "under the same sky" with all groups being served fairly, whereas a Pheu Thai victory would result in "mob rule" in which social division and violence would spread and some groups could stand above the law. Abhisit referred to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a poison that had to be detoxified. [34] The Democrats have repeatedly accused Thaksin and the Pheu Thai Party of disloyalty to King Bhumibol. [35]

Alliances

The parties Bhumjaithai and Chartthaipattana formed a pre-campaign electoral alliance pledging to support whichever party won. [36] The parties were members of Abhisit's coalition.

Jailing of opposition leaders

Red Shirt leaders Jatuporn Prompan and Nisit Sinthuprai had been jailed for months on charges of violating national security and insulting King Bhumibol following the 2010 crackdown on the Red Shirts. They had been released on bail, but the bail was revoked immediately after Abhisit announced the 2011 elections. They were not allowed to vote in the elections. [37]

Celebrities and political heirs

Abhisit unveiled a slate of candidates highlighted by 30 celebrities and heirs of political families, including Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, heiress of the Singha Beer fortune and former staff member of Abhisit's secretariat office. [38] She had earlier resigned after she was caught handing out nude calendars to secretariat office staff.

The Chartthaipattana fielded four sports celebrities as candidates: former national team football player Piyapong Pue-on, tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan, Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Yaowapa Boorapolchai, and former rugby player Apirak Areemitr.

Minimum wage

Abhisit promised to increase the minimum wage by 25% if the Democrat Party won the election. [39]

The Pheu Thai Party promised to increase the minimum wage to 300 baht per day. Abhisit had promised to raise the minimum wage to 300 baht prior to the elections, but changed his mind after pressure from employers. [40]

Angry Man

Rak Thailand Party of Chuwit Kamolvisit conducted a vigorous "Angry Man" campaign pledging to be in opposition to whichever party won. [41]

NO campaign

For Heaven and Earth Party (political arm of the Santi Asoke Buddhist sect) supported the NO campaign of some PAD supporters, which featured proverbial animals in color-coded suits as non-human electoral candidates, most bearing the slogan: Don’t let animals enter parliament (อย่าปล่อยสัตว์เข้าสภา). Also prominent: Flee (หนี...) (blue-suited tiger) For (ปะ...) (red-suited crocodile). [42] [43] Chamlong Srimuang, a key supporter of the "vote-no" movement, did not vote "no" after all. In fact, he did not vote at all; his and his wife’s names were not on the list of eligible voters as they had voted in advance in the previous election but did not realise that they had to inform election officials that they did not want to do so in this one. [44]

Other

Other PAD supporters, however, formed the New Politics Party whose logo is a yellow sauwastika under a Trairanga rainbow. [45]

Opinion polling

Results of a Suan Dusit Rajabhat University poll (4–18 June): Pheu Thai 51.55%; Democrat 34.04%; Bhum Jai Thai 3.43%; Rak Prathet Thai 2.48%; Chart Thai Pattana 1.60%; against all 1.41%; undecided 2.38% [46]

23–28 May: Pheu Thai 43.16%; Democrat 37.45%; Bhum Jai Thai 2.64%; Chart Thai Pattana 2.46%; Rak Prathet Thai 1.43%; others 4.42%; undecided 7.08; rest would not vote – Democrats strongest in Southern Region (65.89%), Pheu Thai in Northern (73.17%) [47]

19–22 May: Pheu Thai 41.22%; Democrat 36.88%; Bhum Jai Thai 3.88%; Chart Thai Pattana 3.20%; Rak Prathet Thai 1.59% [48]

Preferred party-list

Fieldwork date(s)Polling firmSample Pheu Thai Democrat No party

Undecided

OthersLead
17-18 May 2011 Nida Poll 1,27216.9012.7452.0418.2433.80
24-25 May 2011 Nida Poll 1,23417.9912.0748.381.0530.39
1-2 June 2011 Nida Poll 1,23016.679.1945.9328.2117.72
7-8 June 2011 Nida Poll 1,33818.599.1543.731.1525.14

Preferred party

Fieldwork date(s)Polling firmSample Pheu Thai Democrat No party

Undecided

OthersLead
17-18 May 2011 Nida Poll 1,27217.7714.2349.7618.2431.52
19-22 May 2011 Suan Dusit Poll 3,58441.2236.886.4915.414.34
23-28 May 2011 Suan Dusit Poll 4,69443.1637.457.0812.315.71
24-25 May 2011 Nida Poll 1,23418.3111.7548.951.2230.64
1-2 June 2011 Nida Poll 1,23016.679.1945.9328.2117.72
7-8 June 2011 Nida Poll 1,33818.019.5143.8828.6015.28
13 June 2011 Nida Poll 1,24729.5117.4028.0725.021.44
4-18 June 2011 Suan Dusit Poll 102,94451.5534.052.3812.0217.50

Conduct

Violence

Pracha Prasopdee, ex-MP for Samut Prakan Province who had won all five of the previous elections, was shot in the back on the night of 10 May. Pracha had been a member of the Thai Rak Thai, Peoples Power, and Pheu Thai parties. [49]

Overseas and early voting

In this election more eligible voters turned up to vote. The number of Thais registered to vote from abroad is 147,330, the equivalent of just over half the population of Mae Hong Son Province and soared from 90,205 in 2008 – in Singapore the figure has surpassed 10,000 while in the United Kingdom the number has doubled from 2,296 to 4,775. [50] Early voting arranged on Sunday (26 June 2011) only while prior elections arranged on Saturday and Sunday. Around 2.6 million people, including 1.07 million in Bangkok turned up to vote; however, many potential voters were unable to vote due to large crowds. [51]

Results

Exit polls indicated that Pheu Thai had won the election outright, winning a majority of seats. [52] [53]

According to preliminary results Pheu Thai won 265 seats (204 constituency-based + 61 party-list), Democrats 159 (115 + 44), Bhumjai Thai 34 (29 + 5), Chartthaipattana 19 (15 + 4), Palung Chon 7 (6 + 1), Chart Pattana Puea Pandin 7 (5 + 2), Love Thailand 4 (all party-list), Matubhum 2 (1 + 1), New Democrat 1 (party-list) and Mahachon one party-list seat. [5] Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has already conceded the victory of Puea Thai Party and congratulated Ms. Shinawatra as the designated Prime Minister. [6]

According to preliminary figures from the Electoral Commission the voter turnout was at 65.99%. [4]

Following the provisional results, Ms. Shinawatra said that "Puea Thai had already reached an agreement with one smaller party, Chart Thai Pattana, about joining a coalition, and was in negotiations with others."

24th Thailand House of Representatives composition.svg
PartyParty-listConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Pheu Thai Party 15,752,47047.0361204265+32
Democrat Party 11,435,64034.1444115159–6
Bhumjaithai Party 1,281,6523.8352934New
Rak Thailand Party 998,6682.9844New
Chartthaipattana Party 907,1062.7141519–18
Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party 495,7621.48257–26
Rak Santi Party 284,1000.85101New
Matubhum Party 251,6740.75112New
Phalang Chon Party 178,0420.53167New
Mahachon Party 133,7520.4011+1
New Democracy Party 125,7530.3811New
Other parties690,6082.0600–
Blank votes958,2132.86–––
Total33,493,440100.00125375500–
Valid votes33,493,44095.1033,180,11694.21
Invalid/blank votes1,726,7684.902,040,2615.79
Total votes35,220,208100.0035,220,377100.00
Registered voters/turnout46,939,54975.0346,939,54975.03
Source: ECT

Results by province

ProvinceTotal
seats		Seats won
PT Dem BJT CT PC CPN MB Others
Amnat Charoen 211
Ang Thong 22
Bangkok 331023
Bueng Kan 22
Buriram 927
Chachoengsao 422
Chai Nat 22
Chaiyaphum 761
Chanthaburi 33
Chiang Mai 1010
Chiang Rai 77
Chonburi 8116
Chumphon 33
Kalasin 66
Kamphaeng Phet 431
Kanchanaburi 523
Khon Kaen 1010
Krabi 33
Lampang 44
Lamphun 22
Loei 44
Lopburi 422
Mae Hong Son 11
Maha Sarakham 55
Mukdahan 22
Nakhon Nayok 11
Nakhon Pathom 541
Nakhon Phanom 44
Nakhon Ratchasima 15834
Nakhon Sawan 6411
Nakhon Si Thammarat 99
Nan 33
Narathiwat 44
Nong Bua Lamphu 33
Nong Khai 33
Nonthaburi 66
Pathum Thani 66
Pattani 4211
Phang Nga 11
Phatthalung 33
Phayao 33
Phetchabun 651
Phetchaburi 33
Phichit 312
Phitsanulok 523
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 541
Phrae 33
Phuket 22
Prachinburi 321
Prachuap Khiri Khan 33
Ranong 11
Ratchaburi 541
Rayong 44
Roi Et 88
Sa Kaeo 33
Sakon Nakhon 77
Samut Prakan 761
Samut Sakhon 312
Samut Songkhram 11
Saraburi 4211
Satun 211
Sing Buri 11
Sisaket 871
Songkhla 88
Sukhothai 422
Suphan Buri 514
Surat Thani 66
Surin 871
Tak 33
Trang 44
Trat 11
Ubon Ratchathani 11731
Udon Thani 99
Uthai Thani 211
Uttaradit 33
Yala 33
Yasothon 33
Partylist1256144541217
Total50026515934197727
Source: Election Commission (1, 2, 3, 4)

Aftermath

Acknowledgement of election result

After the election was held on 3 July, the next procedure is that the Election Commission acknowledges the election result within thirty days from the election date in order that Abhisit Vejjajaiva, Caretaker Prime Minister, would enact a royal decree convoking the House of Representatives to have the new President of the House, Vice President of the House and Prime Minister selected respectively, and the President of the House would then advice and consent the King to appoint a new Prime Minister according to the resolution of the House. [54]

The Election Commission met to consider the election result in the afternoon of 12 July. The meeting was held until nightfall. More than fifty Red-Shirt members gathered in front of the Election Commission Office awaiting the outcome, with strict control of the police officers. That night, three hundred and fifty candidates were acknowledged by the Election Commission as the members of the House, but not including Yingluck Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva and Nattawut Saikua by cause of a great number of objections pending consideration. [54] The remainders, that is, one hundred and forty two elected candidates, are to be acknowledged by 20 July, said the Election Commission. [55] Yingluck described the postponement as part of a "normal process" for the commission. [56]

On 19 July, both Yingluck and Abhisit were acknowledged as the members of the House. On 27 July, the acknowledgement extended to further ninety four elected candidates. Now and eventually, the number acknowledged sufficed to constitute the House. This, however, did not include Jatuporn Prompan whom the Election Commission declared to have lost the suffrage due to failure to vote in both the previous and the present elections. The Constitution requires that a member of the House must possess the suffrage, and also prescribes that a person failing to vote in an election loses the suffrage but regains it once he votes in the next election. [7]

The Election Commission's announcements of the acknowledgement were published in the Government Gazette as follows:

#AnnouncementsNumber of candidates acknowledgedDate of acknowledgementPublished in
Proportional
1Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on proportional basis, dated 12 July 2011		10912 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 58 A/page 6/21 July 2011
2Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on proportional basis (2nd group), dated 19 July 2011		219 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 59 A/page 6/27 July 2011
3Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on proportional basis (3rd group), dated 21 July 2011		621 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 59 A/page 11/27 July 2011
4Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on proportional basis (4th group), dated 27 July 2011		727 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 60 A/page 10/28 July 2011
Constituency
5Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on constituency basis, dated 12 July 2011		24912 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 58 A/page 11/21 July 2011
6Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on constituency basis (2nd group), dated 19 July 2011		1019 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 59 A/page 4/27 July 2011
7Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on constituency basis (3rd group), dated 21 July 2011		2621 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 59 A/page 7/27 July 2011
8Announcement of the Election Commission,
Re: Results of election of members of the House of Representatives on constituency basis (4th group), dated 27 July 2011		8727 July 2011 Government Gazette:
volume 128/part 60 A/page 11/28 July 2011

Disqualifications

Five red cards were expected during balloting in Sukhothai Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Maha Sarakham Province, Sisaket Province and Buriram Province in reference to campaign fraud. [57] There have been allegations of massive electoral fraud against third-place finisher Bhumjaithai Party that could potentially lead to the party dissolution by the Constitutional Court [58]

On 21 July, the Election Commission ordered the re-elections to be held in Sukhothai province and Nong Khai Province. [8] [9] It also ordered a recount in Yala Province. [10]

First sessions

Abhisit enacted on 29 July the Royal Decree Convoking the National Assembly, BE 2554 (2011) , by which the National Assembly, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on Monday, 1 August 2011 at Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. The state ceremony of opening the National Assembly was presided over by Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn instead of his aged father who has been confined in hospital for so long. [11] In this first joint session of the National Assembly, Somsak Kiatsuranont has been elected as the President of the House of Representatives ( ex officio President of the National Assembly of Thailand); several other members have been selected as the Vice Presidents of the House. [59] The first separate session of the House of Representatives was held in the morning of 5 August to select a new Prime Minister. [60] In which 296 of the 500 members of parliament voted to approve the premiership of Yingluck Shinawatra, three disapproved, and 197 abstained. Four Democrat lawmakers were absent. [61] [62] Somsak Kiatsuranont, President of the National Assembly, advised and consented King Bhumibol Adulyadej to appoint Yingluck Prime Minister on 8 August. [63] The Proclamation on her appointment has taken retroactive effect from 5 August. [64]

Yingluck has set up her Council of Ministers on 9 August. She and her Ministers were sworn in on 10 August. [65] They must then complete addressing their administrative policy to the National Assembly. According to the Constitution, the address must be made within fifteen days from the effective date of the Proclamation on Yingluck's appointment. [66]

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace disqualified MPs. For Bangkok's 12th electoral district (which covered most of Don Mueang District, Pheu Thai MP Karun Hosakul was disqualified and banned for five years for defaming rival candidate Tankhun Jitt-itsara and the Democrat Party. A by-election was held to replace him. [67] Tankhun Jitt-itsara re-ran as the Democrat candidate, [68] while Yuranunt Pamornmontri, a party list MP, was chosen as Pheu Thai's candidate. He then resigned from his House seat on 27 May 2013 to run for the vacant seat. [69] Tankhun won the by-election, resulting in a Democrat gain for the constituency.

Reactions

On 4 July, Abhisit Vejjajiva stepped down as the leader of the Democrat Party, as he had promised in the case of a defeat of his party. [70] The Chartthaipattana Party, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party, Phalang Chon Party and Mahachon Party agreed to join a coalition government led by the Pheu Thai Party which would have 299 seats in the new House of Representatives. [58] Acting defense minister General Prawit Wongsuwan declared that the armed forces would accept the results and "allow politicians to work it out" without any interference, while the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, pledged not to make any comments during the process of government formation. [71]

The Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong congratulated the winners of the election, stating "We cannot hide that we are happy with the Pheu Thai Party's victory" and expressed confidence that, under the new government, the Cambodian–Thai border dispute would be settled. [72] Thai stock markets reacted positively at the news of the Pheu Thai victory, rising by 5% on the first trading day after the election. The markets viewed the Pheu Thai's strong mandate as an opportunity for short-term political stability. [73]

On 10 July, Lamian Yusuk, an 80-year-old Rayong inhabitant and supporter of the Democrat Party, committed suicide by consuming herbicide after the party's poor performance. Many Democrat members of the House of Representatives attended her funeral. Abhisit, who did not attend, later offered condolences to Yusuk's relatives by phone. Yusuk's death attracted both positive and negative criticism of the deceased. [74]

The Election Commission's eventual acknowledgment of election results caused the Thai stock market to be rise by 3.67 on 28 July. Stock market assistant director Thirada Chaiyuenyong said that the shares index for that day was quite strong, comparing to regional indexes. [75] Many States, including Germany [12] and Japan, [13] also lifted the ban on entry which has been imposed on Thaksin Shinawatra during the regime of Abhisit.

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