“Left-Wing Opposition Wins Decisive Victory in Thailand’s Lower House Elections: Analysis”

Two democratic opposition parties, both of which represent the left political wing, won a decisive victory in the elections of the House of Representatives (lower house) of the National Assembly held on May 14 in Thailand. According to the preliminary election results, the left-centrist political force received the largest voter support (36.23%) and 152 seats in the lower chamber. Forward Movement (Phak Kao Klai)whose leader is Pita Limcharenrat and which is the party dissolved in 2020 New Future (Phak Anakhot Mai) actual successor. (In 2020, the majority of the members of New Future, which was liquidated by a court decision – the third most influential party in the country at the time – joined the Movement Forward, founded in 2014.)

The left-wing populist party is not far behind the election winners in terms of the number of seats won Pheu Thai. At its head is the representative of the Sinawatra dynasty, known far beyond the borders of Thailand, Petongtarna Sinawatra – the ex-prime minister of the country (from 2001 to 2006), the daughter of media mogul and multi-billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra and, accordingly, the first woman in the position of Prime Minister of Thailand (from 2011 to 2014 ), niece of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra. About the party they (which could be said to be the third “reincarnation” of the Sinawatra family party) received the support of 27.66% of voters, and preliminary estimates show that its representatives are entitled to 141 seats in the lower house of the national parliament.