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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Next Thai legislative election. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 21#Next Thai legislative election until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Paul_012 (talk) 16:15, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reference (CIA World Factbook) needs "Retrieved on ..."

The reference is not saying on which date it was retrieved. See "General elections are expected to be held in Thailand no later than 23 March 2023". Reference: "Thailand CIA World Factbook". 89.8.101.194 (talk) 11:20, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The wiki article has been changed (and "Retrieved ..." has been added). 89.8.131.52 (talk) 12:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Number of seats required to override Senate

We should also include the number of seats required to override the Thai Senate alongside the number of seats required to achieve majority as the Thai Senate also play a role in choosing the next prime minister.--Hu753 (talk) 09:57, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Leader names and images

Are the images of party leaders and their names in the infobox really that necessary? Why don't we just wait for PM candidates to be officially announced first? -- ILikelargeFries (talk) 14:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The candidate images are standard in election pages.

But I see your point, I think we should withhold these until they are officially filed.

Also, this will become problematic as some parties like Pheu Thai will have multiple candidates and we should not editorialize by picking 1 "main" candidate baconbits (talk) 10:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Super Poll

Sociological research Super Poll does not look reliable. Previously, they were not given in the article; they are also not used in the Thai Wikipedia. A lot of questions arise from people to this organization (https://www.google.ru/search?ie=UTF-8&q=Super%20Poll#lrd=0x30e29f1f68a6170d:0xbab7911303330409,1). I think we should remove the survey of this service. — Пэйнчик (talk) 14:01, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agree, Super Poll is not reliable. Many Thai political journalists, professors, or even people in general have been criticizing that this poll always has a bias towards the current governing parties. The company also holds more than 30 contracts with the government and recieved millions of the budget each year. https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/politics/979585 NELLA32 (talk) 10:51, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seats needed

@Aréat: What are the needs to put "seats needed" and ridiculous green arrow notions since there is no way seats needed values go below zero? I search general election articles in UK, Australia and Canada and have not yet found any with seats needed anyway. Horus (talk) 16:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The majority needed is 251. A party which only had 10 seats in 2019 need 241 more seats, while a party which had 200 only need 51 more.--Aréat (talk) 16:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still, there is no need to use the green arrows because even if a party already gets more than 251 seats does not mean it needs fewer than 0 seats so the whole arrow signs are ridiculous. Also, I see that you did not disagree that there are no "seats needed" in other articles. --Horus (talk) 10:24, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Election uncertainty

Hi all, I've just added a section about election uncertainty.

This section is important in this context because many Thai elections have been delayed or cancelled in the past. baconbits (talk) 10:23, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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PM candidates

Parties may submit up to 3 candidates, and some parties will definitely submit 3.

In the infobox, I suggest we include all 3 candidates, even if we can only use 1 portrait.

This is a unique situation not seen in other countries' elections since PM candidacy is separate from being an MP (see the PM candidacy section of the article) baconbits (talk) 11:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Even if some parties submit 3 candidates, in reality, many could still assume who is the "real" candidate for that party. Putting 3 names in the infobox is simply too long. --Horus (talk) 14:18, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How can we assume which is the "real" candidate without editorializing? baconbits (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The first of each party’s list? The name that is actually put forward at the PM vote? These do not need interpretation. I would say it is the same thought process as in the 2019 election article. Horus (talk) 08:10, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think your suggestion of using the #1 name in the PM candidates list makes sense.

We can also add a little [note] next to each name in the infobox with a link to the other 2 names if necessary. This also won't take up space. baconbits (talk) 08:38, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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