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Thailand votes after three prime ministers in two years
Thailand’s election includes a constitutional referendum and occurs amid unresolved border disputes with Cambodia and political instability involving court removals and prison sentences.
- This Sunday, February 8, Thai voters will cast ballots in a parliamentary election and a referendum on constitutional reform in principle.
- Judicial interventions and past coups have driven the instability that explains the upcoming vote on February 8, including three prime ministers in two years after a prime minister was judicially ousted and parliament anointed a new leader in September.
- Polls show the People's Party leading, with all three major parties offering populist handouts, including Pheu Thai's nine daily prizes of one million baht, according to NIDA.
- The next government will face immediate security and cybercrime challenges, confronting last year's deadly border clashes with Cambodia and multibillion‑dollar transnational cyberscam networks while Bhumjaithai stresses defence credentials.
- Longstanding elite influence, including Thaksin's, will shape coalition talks, as Napon Jatusripitak warned that `Thai elections have effectively become decoupled from government formation`.
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Thailand votes after three prime ministers in two years
Thais vote Sunday in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.
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Thailand Votes in Pivotal Election After Decade of Turmoil
The country will go to the polls on Sunday, 8 February, in a snap general election that could mark a turning point after more than a decade of political instability and repeated military intervention. The vote is historic because the military-appointed Senate will play no role in selecting the next prime minister, removing a key obstacle that has previously blocked reformist parties from power. More than 53 million eligible voters will choose th…
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