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Aim Sinpeng

Bangkok, Sydney
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Political scientist @ Sydney U researching digital politics in SE Asia. Mom. 90s boy bands. Foodie. Bubble tea addict.
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Thailand’s split-ticket election exposes party weakness

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By Aim Sinpeng
| East Asia Forum Verified
Thailand’s election on 8 February 2026 delivered a result that looked like a political paradox. The conservative Bhumjaithai Party surged in single-member districts and emerged as the largest bloc in parliament, while the reformist People’s Party remained the country’s most competitive at the party level. Split-ticket voting is not new in Thailand, but this election strikingly separated two parties that are nothing alike in political orientation.
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By Aim Sinpeng
| Pearls and Irritations
On 7 August, the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved the Move Forward Party on the basis of its attempts to amend the countrys lese majeste law, banning its executives from politics for a decade. Following the party’s dissolution, its members merged into the Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party and retitled it the People’s Party. Just a week later, prime minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed by the same court after an ethics probe that was widely believed to have been politically motivated.
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Thailand’s establishment strikes another blow against democracy

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By Aim Sinpeng
| Pearls and Irritations
On 7 August, the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved the Move Forward Party on the basis of its attempts to amend the country’s lese majeste law, banning its executives from politics for a decade. Following the party’s dissolution, its members merged into the Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party and retitled it the People’s Party. Just a week later, prime minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed by the same court after an ethics probe that was widely believed to have been politically motivated.
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