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H.E. Ittiporn Boonpracong
Election Commission of Thailand

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Muang T’hai
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Bicameral
Constitutional monarchy
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation The Wuthisapha (Senate)
King MAHA Vajiralonkorn
The Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon (House of Repre-
4. Head of government Designation sentatives)
Prime Minister Gen. PRAYUT Chan-ocha
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
5. Capital nominated
Bangkok 250 members of the Wuthisapha (Senate) are ap-
pointed by the military while 6 seats are reserved
6. Currency for members of the army. 350 members of the
Baht (THB) Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon (House of Representa-

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) tives) are elected by plurality vote while 150 mem-
Thai 89%, other 11% bers are elected through closed-list proportional
representation system.
8. Date of Independence
Never colonized;traditional founding date 1238 4. Popular House
Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
5. Type of Electoral System

10. Language (s) Closed-List Proportional Representation
Thai (official) PArt iii
11. Literacy Levels ELECtorAL sYstEM
Male: 94.66 % Female: 91.19%
Total: 92.87% (2015)
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

1. Name of the EMB(S)
Election Commission of Thailand (ECT)

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