2023 Thai general election
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General elections were held in Thailand on 14 May 2023 to elect 500 members of the House of Representatives. The Move Forward Party, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, surprised analysts by winning the most seats, followed by fellow opposition party Pheu Thai who had won the most seats in the 2011 and 2019 elections. Turnout was a record 75.22%.
A polling station in Bangkok on 14 May 2023, note the two separate boxes for each of the ballots
Incumbent prime minister and United Thai Nation lead candidate Prayut Chan-o-cha
Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul
Democrat Party leader Jurin Laksanawisit
Democrat Party (Thailand)
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The Democrat Party is a Thai political party. The oldest party in Thailand, it was founded as a royalist party; it now upholds a conservative and pro-market position.
Election results in the south, 1975–2005
Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai hosts a dinner welcoming Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen
Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban in Party Executive Committee Meeting in 2011