Thailand
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Chuan
Leekpai
(Male)
Year of birth
1938
Additional information
Elected on 25 May 2019, appointed by the King on 31 May 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Pornpith
Phetchareon
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Oct. 2020.
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
Phetchompoo Kijburana (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
91
Oldest member
Chai Chidchob (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
3
91 and over
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 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 51 | 163 | 119 | 31 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total <= 45: 132 | Total >= 46: 368 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 8 | 47 | 40 | 42 | 139 | 110 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 419 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
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
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
14,098
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
3,140
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
22.27%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
3140
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
22.27%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
421
Number of women elected
79
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
15.8%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
- At the moment of the first session, held on 24 May 2019, the House of Representatives comprised 498 members, including 76 women (51 elected under the majority system and 25 under the proportional representation system).
- A female candidate from the Future Forward Party won the last seat under the majority system in a repeated election held on 26 May, increasing the number of women to 77.
- Thereafter, the election commission re-calculated the distribution of seats under the proportional representation system. Instead of a male candidate from the Thairaktham Party, two women candidates (one each from the Palang Pracharath Party and the Democrat Party) were declared elected.
- As at 12 June, the House of Representatives comprised 79 women out of the full 500 members.
The Future Forward Party won 81 seats in the 2019 elections. On 20 November 2019, the Constitutional Court convicted Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and disqualified his MP status, lowering the number of MPs from 81 to 80. On 17 December, the Future Forward Party expelled 4 of its 80 members who had voted in support of the Government, leaving it with 76 members.
On 21 February 2020, the Constitutional Court dissolved the Future Forward Party and banned 16 party leaders (including 11 MPs) from politics for 10 years, leaving the party with 65 members in the House of Representatives. By-elections will be held for the 11 seats while the 65 other members must find a new political party within 60 days to keep their parliamentary seats. As at 27 February, there were 77 women out of 489 members.
On 8 March 2020, former members of the dissolved Future Forward Party announced they would join the Move Forward Party, which had not held any parliamentary seats and had changed its name from Ruampattanachartthai Party in view of accepting new members. In all, 54 of the 65 former Future Forward Party members joined the Move Forward Party and the other 11 joined parties in the ruling coalition: 9 joined the Bhumjaithai and 2 joined the Chartthaipattana.
As at 20 April, there were 77 women out of 489 members. The date for by-elections to fill the 11 vacant seats was yet to be set.
- A female candidate from the Future Forward Party won the last seat under the majority system in a repeated election held on 26 May, increasing the number of women to 77.
- Thereafter, the election commission re-calculated the distribution of seats under the proportional representation system. Instead of a male candidate from the Thairaktham Party, two women candidates (one each from the Palang Pracharath Party and the Democrat Party) were declared elected.
- As at 12 June, the House of Representatives comprised 79 women out of the full 500 members.
The Future Forward Party won 81 seats in the 2019 elections. On 20 November 2019, the Constitutional Court convicted Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and disqualified his MP status, lowering the number of MPs from 81 to 80. On 17 December, the Future Forward Party expelled 4 of its 80 members who had voted in support of the Government, leaving it with 76 members.
On 21 February 2020, the Constitutional Court dissolved the Future Forward Party and banned 16 party leaders (including 11 MPs) from politics for 10 years, leaving the party with 65 members in the House of Representatives. By-elections will be held for the 11 seats while the 65 other members must find a new political party within 60 days to keep their parliamentary seats. As at 27 February, there were 77 women out of 489 members.
On 8 March 2020, former members of the dissolved Future Forward Party announced they would join the Move Forward Party, which had not held any parliamentary seats and had changed its name from Ruampattanachartthai Party in view of accepting new members. In all, 54 of the 65 former Future Forward Party members joined the Move Forward Party and the other 11 joined parties in the ruling coalition: 9 joined the Bhumjaithai and 2 joined the Chartthaipattana.
As at 20 April, there were 77 women out of 489 members. The date for by-elections to fill the 11 vacant seats was yet to be set.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
79
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.
421
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.
79
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.
Chuan
Leekpai
(Male)
Political party
Democrat Party
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
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Thai Women Parliamentarian Caucus
(January 1993)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Link to rules
Activities
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Contact information for the Committee
Address
The Secretariat of the House of Representatives
110 Pradipat Road
Phaya Thai
Bangkok 10400
Phone
+66-3573155
E-mail