The MP election law is now ready for the elections that may take place in the coming months.

After the Constitutional Court ruled on the draft

The newly amended Election Act

There is no issue that is against the constitution.

This election will be an election of 500 MPs, 400 constituency MPs, and 100 party-list MPs.

It is an election that uses 2 ballots and uses 100 as the proportional divider.

List of MPs

Political analysts believe that this kind of election

The advantaged party will be the big party.

or medium party

Some of the smaller sects or smaller sects will go extinct.

Because it has to get about 350,000 votes to get one MP

Election with two ballots and using 100 as the denominator is not new to Thai elections.

but has been used since the 1997 constitution until it is well known

And it is popular with the people because 2 cards are used to choose 1 constituency MP and choose 1 more party-list MP. People can choose both "loved ones" and "favorite parties".

But the election using a single card, like the year 2019 and divided by 500 according to the 2017 constitution, has created a new history of Thai politics.

Causing more than 70 parties to compete in the elections, 26 MPs to enter the House of Representatives, 12 MPs to only one party, a pawn.

Almost 20 parties had to form a coalition government, but it was a weak government.

Thailand has a model for parliamentary governance.

Modeled after democratic countries in Europe such as England, Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden are all advanced.

Both politically and economically, these countries have a two-party system, or at least, so they can form stable governments.

efficient

But Thailand promotes a multi-party system.

There used to be a mixed government of hundreds of fathers and mothers.

Do not manage the country

Moreover, it prevented political progress by entering the 2-party system as it used to be.

From the results of the 1997 and 2007 constitutional elections, there were only two rival parties, the Thai Rak Thai Party and the Democrat Party.

Pheu Thai Party election result wins

even if it is changed to a new party

Authoritarian conservatives claim to be a "parliamentary dictatorship" despite the fact that the opposition has enough MPs to inspect the government.

Discussions of no confidence in the government

This became an excuse for seizing power to overthrow democracy.