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2023 Thai House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives of Thailand of 2023 consists of 500 members elected in the 14 May 2023 general election, who, together with 250 members of the appointed Senate, form the National Assembly of Thailand. It is the second parliament to be convened in accordance with the 2017 constitution of Thailand, which followed the 2014 military coup.
Parliament was officially opened by King Vajiralongkorn on 3 July 2023. The Speaker of the House was elected the following day.[1]
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Major events
- On 7 August 2024, the Constitutional Court of Thailand ordered the dissolution of the Move Forward Party on the grounds that its advocacy for reforms of Thailand's lèse-majesté laws constituted an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy,[2]which also included five of its MPs being banned from politics. Following the dissolution, all of the remaining 143 MPs joined Thinkakhao Chaovilai.[3] Meetings were then held to elect new party executives, with Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut being elected its new leader and the name was changed to the People's Party (PPLE) on 9 August 2024.[4][5]
- Part of the dissolution ruling included a 10-year ban of party executives from politics. While no longer a part of the party, this included First Deputy Speaker Padipat as he had been Move Forward party executive during the period covered by the ruling.[6] He was replaced by second deputy speaker Pichet Chuamuangphan from Pheu Thai party as first deputy speaker.
- On 19 June 2025, Paradorn Prissananathakul of Bhumjaithai party become second deputy speaker. He resigned from his post following the departure of Bhumjaithai party from the coalitiong government.
- On 3 July 2025, the People's Party officially welcomed the Bhumjaithai Party into the opposition bloc in parliament. Leaders of five opposition parties, including People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut and Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul, held their first joint meeting of the new parliamentary session. [7]Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul vowed that his party would "fully scrutinise the government" in its new role as an opposition party. [8]
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House of Representatives composition
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The Move Forward Party and Pheu Thai Party jointly won a landslide victory in the 2023 election.
Constituencies
Bangkok Metropolitan
People's Party (58) Chart Thai Pattana (3) Pheu Thai (2) United Thai Nation (1) Thai Progress (1)
Central
Bhumjaithai (16) Pheu Thai (13) Palang Pracharath (12) Move Forward (7) Chart Thai Pattana (5) United Thai Nation (3) Chart Pattana (1)
Eastern
Move Forward (17) Palang Pracharath (4) Pheu Thai (4) Bhumjaithai (2) United Thai Nation (1) Independent (1)
Northeastern
Pheu Thai (72) Bhumjaithai (36) Move Forward (8) Palang Pracharath (7) Thai Sang Thai (5) Democrat (2) Thai Ruam Palang (2) Chart Thai Pattana (1)
Northern
Pheu Thai (17) Move Forward (14) Palang Pracharath (5) Democrat (1)
Southern
Democrat (17) United Thai Nation (14) Bhumjaithai (12) Palang Pracharath (7) Prachachart (7) Move Forward (3)
Western
Pheu Thai (4) Palang Pracharath (4) United Thai Nation (4) Bhumjaithai (3) Move Forward (3) Democrat (2)
Party-list proportional representation
- The party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 7 August 2024.
- Under Thai law, a member of the House of Representatives must be officially affiliated with a political party. However, if for any reason their party membership is rescinded, they can be without a party for up to thirty days. During the thirty days, they must find a new party to affiliate with or their membership of parliament will end.
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Speaker election
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The election for Speaker of the House of Representatives will take place on 4 July 2023, at 9.30am local time.[citation needed]
The speaker and two deputy speakers will be elected by a vote within the House, and appointed by the King. The Speaker is also the ex officio President of the National Assembly of Thailand. Although the Speaker is usually a member of the largest party, this is not a requirement. In fact, the previous speaker, Chuan Leekpai, was a member of the Democrat Party, despite that party not being the largest in the House at the time.[citation needed]
Both the Move Forward Party and the Pheu Thai Party announced that they wanted the House speakership. They were scheduled to meet on 28 June to resolve the disagreement,[16] but this meeting was canceled. Move Forward has nominated Padipat Suntiphada, an MP from Phitsanulok's 1st district to be the speaker.[17] On 3 July, the day of the opening of the new parliament, the Pheu Thai Party announced that their MPs had resolved to nominate Prachachart Party leader and former speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha as an alternative speaker candidate. In response, Wan Muhamad said that he did not want the position, but that "If Pheu Thai really resolves to nominate me, I am willing to accept the nomination, but we have to listen to the opinions of Move Forward and the people. If the people agree, I am happy to work for them, although it will be the last time in my political life." The decision by Pheu Thai MPs still needed to be ratified by the party's executive committee.[18][19] Move Forward later agreed to support Wan Muhamad, ending the crisis.
Move Forward then nominated Padipat Suntiphada for first deputy speaker instead, and the United Thai Nation Party nominated veteran politician Witthaya Kaewparadai, a party list MP.[20][21]
The post of second deputy speaker went to Pheu Thai's Pichet Chuamuangphan, a constituency MP from Chiang Rai province.
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Election of the prime minister
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Major legislation
Enacted
- 27 March 2024: Marriage Equality Act
Proposed (but not enacted)
References
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