Election

  • NewsPuea Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) leaves a press conference with coalition party leaders in Bangkok on August 15, 2024 after being named as the party’s candidate to be Thailand’s next prime minister. (Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP)

    Thai lawmakers elect Shinawatra heiress as PM

    Pheu Thai, the largest party in Thailand’s current governing coalition, named Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of populist ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate this week

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  • NewsAnti-coup protesters hold signs in February 2021 calling on the military to respect the results of of the 2020 elections (Myanmar Now)

    Myanmar junta chief vows to hold elections in 2025

    Min Aung Hlaing’s announcement comes as his regime’s hold over much of the country looks increasingly tenuous

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  • NewsPolice stand in front of the Union Election Commission building in Naypyitaw after pro-military protesters demand a new election on November 11, 2020, after the NLD’s own electoral victory, and months ahead of the military coup in February 2021 (Thet Aung / AFP)

    Junta-controlled election commission amends political party registration rules 

    While waging war throughout the country, Myanmar’s military council makes legal changes to facilitate an election that would widely be seen as illegitimate

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  • MyanmarProtesters, including some wearing NLD headbands, show the anti-junta three-finger salute and a crossed-out image of Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand on July 26, 2022 (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

    Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing suggests plans for a ‘by-election’

    The military chief did not elaborate on why, when, or where a vote would be held, only declaring it would be different from the 2020 election that preceded his attempted seizure of power

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    Thai reformist Pita Limjaroenrat loses PM vote

    Thailand’s parliament on Thursday rejected election winner Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become prime minister. After hours of discussions but a surprisingly swift voting process, Pita failed to secure the 375 parliamentary votes needed to become Thailand’s 30th premier, despite his reformist party winning the popular vote in the general election. The political challenger rode a wave of support in May that saw voters emphatically reject almost a decade of army-backed rule under Prayut Chan-o-cha, who took power in a 2014 coup. But the outcome had become increasingly inevitable, with signs conservative MPs of the lower house and junta-appointed senators would not give him their support. Ahead of the parliamentary vote, nearby highway overpasses had razor-wire placed on them, while the parliament compound was ringed by containers designed to deter demonstrators, a sign of the tensions around the event. Only three years ago, massive pro-democracy protests erupted in Bangkok after a court dissolved Pita’s Move Forward Party’s predecessor, the Future Forward Party. “We Thais have the right to voice our opinions since we’re a democratic country,” said MFP supporter Patchaya Saelim, 17, outside parliament ahead of the vote. “We can gather to protest.” – Unclear path – The path forward remains…

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