Thailand
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Pornpetch
Wichitcholchai
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Additional information
Elected on 25 May 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Nut
Phasuk
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Oct. 2017.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Zakee Phithakkumpol (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
85
Oldest member
Capt. Thinapan Nakata (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
247
Total per sex
Total of male
224
Total of female
26
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
0
41-45
3
46-50
1
51-60
41
61-70
169
71-80
33
81-90
3
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 169 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 3 | Total >= 46: 247 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 151 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 224 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
2017 Constitution, art. 90 notes that candidates from different regions and equality between men and women must be considered when preparing a list.
Section 48 of the Organic Act on Political Parties prescribes that to run for an election, political parties need to prepare their lists of Party-List candidates by taking gender balance into consideration.
Section 48 of the Organic Act on Political Parties prescribes that to run for an election, political parties need to prepare their lists of Party-List candidates by taking gender balance into consideration.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Appointed
25
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
225
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
25
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Pornpetch
Wichitcholchai
(Male)
Date of election
25.05.2019
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1947