2014 Thai general election

2014 Thai general election

2 February 2014

All 500 seats in the House of Representatives
251 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,024,042
Turnout47.72% ( 27.31pp)

Prime Minister before election

Yingluck Shinawatra
Pheu Thai

Prime Minister-designate

Election results annulled
Prayut Chan-o-cha became Prime Minister (NCPO)

Early general elections were held in Thailand on 2 February 2014 after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra requested King Bhumibol Adulyadej for the dissolution of parliament more than a year early owing to Thailand's political crisis. Voters elected a new House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Assembly. However, voting was disrupted in 69 of 375 constituencies by the political opposition that had called for a boycott. This made a voting re-run in several constituencies necessary, depending on the security situation in the affected districts and the first voting re-run date was set for 2 March. Results were expected to be announced after voting had taken place in all parts of the country. On 21 March 2014, the Constitutional Court invalidated the elections on grounds that they were not completed within one day throughout the country.