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สมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร 2562 กรุงเทพมหานคร

Executive

Summary

This This research is a study of political activities and electoral behavior in the 2019

Thailand general election in Bangkok. The aim of the research is to examine the following
aspects of the election : 1) political atmosphere and activities of political parties, organizations,

and political groups; 2) activities and political behavior of the candidates; 3) roles of government
agencies, the private sector, public organizations, and other organizations; 4) patterns and

changes of political behavior among people and political groups; 5) use of resources especially
electoral expenditure; 6) changes in political power affiliation, party switching, factors that

affect political decisions, and electoral results; 7) political activities and electoral campaigns
that appeared in online/social media; and 8) other issues that arose during the research period.

The research not only surveys and records political phenomenon, especially

phenomenon concerning political activities and electoral behavior in the 2019 general
election in Bangkok, but also analyzes these political phenomena in the context of Bangkok,

and implies a link between the findings in Bangkok and the national level.

The points of significance of Bangkok in the general election of 24 March 2019 are:
1) Bangkok has the largest number of seats (30 seats out of 350 seats in total); 2) Bangkok is

the national center of politics, administration, the economy, and society; 3) Bangkok has been
the site of political struggle between the two major national political parties since 2001 (that is

the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties) while also at this time there were two emerging popular
political parties that were also looking for victory in Bangkok (the Palang Pracharat and the

Future Forward parties); and 4) the new election MMP framework led to a competitive election
campaign atmosphere, as every vote counted.