THAI ELECTION REFORM

Abstract

This research aims 1) to study the power of election management 2) to study the electoral system 3) to study the solution to the problem of election. The group of sample are consisted of 14 members of the election commission by using qualitative research. The research instrument are a structured in-dep interview analyze data by content analysis and conclusions.

The research found that

1.Electoral power belongs to the electoral commissioner. The law gives an authority to organize the election. As well as the investigation, punish the offender including disqualification of non-voting citizens, which is the total privilege without counter balance should be balanced to punish the power of the judiciary. 

2.The electoral system is 1) the electoral constituency single sector single voter choose candidates for a single number. Candidates with the highest scores is going to be MPs for that sector. 2) A constituency number is the number of voters who cast their ballots to the candidates according to the number of members of the House of Representatives in the constituency. Candidates with the highest scores according to the number of MPs in that district is going to be a member of the House of Representatives in that constituency. 3) The proportion is divided into 8 groups of provinces. Select a political party that sends a candidate in the provincial election.

3.The solution to the election problems are that the election must be honest and upright by election commission to create a sense of democracy to the people. Candidates must have ethics, the punishment for the offenders must be categorical and courage to recruit personnel to fill in according to the capacity to have enough people to work.