Thailand elections

Dissolving parliament early would have some minor benefits for Prayut Chan-o-cha's United Thai Nation party, but is unlikely to significantly improve its chances.

If elected, she would become the third Shinawatra to lead Thailand after her father and aunt – both of whom were removed by military coups.

The country's political landscape is in a state of high flux as it moves toward next year's general election.

The Pheu Thai Party is seeking to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule, but faces many challenges in a political system designed in part to exclude it from power.

Prayut Chan-o-cha is being courted by the newly formed Ruam Thai Sang Chart party, which was founded last year by one of his advisors.

New electoral rules have incentivized politicians to create a raft of new parties as a way of joining the governing coalition.

As Thailand moves toward elections due next year, the opposition Move Forward Party has unveiled a policy to enfranchise the country's Buddhist monks.

The Pheu Thai Party claims that the leader's time as the head of Thailand's junta should count toward his eight-year constitutional term limit.

The landslide victory and energetic governing style of Chadchart Sittipunt have implications for politics at the national level.

A mere 11 years after its last term in government, the country's oldest party finds itself in the political wilderness.

The outcome of the May 22 election will offer clues as to how Thais might vote in the next national polls.

While Thailand’s coup leader remains premier, the polls unleashed new democratic sentiments that the regime now struggles to silence.