Government
House re-elects Anutin
IPU Parline reports that the new House re-elected Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister on 19 March 2026, with Pheu Thai in his coalition.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Thailand
The seat map is IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. It shows 500 seats: Bhumjaithai Party 192, People's Party 120, Pheu Thai Party 74, Kla Tham Party 58, Other parties (16 with seats) 35, Democrat Party 21. A majority of 500 is 251. The People's Party won the most list votes but far fewer constituencies than Bhumjaithai. Voters also backed drafting a new constitution in a referendum on the same day. The next election is expected by 31 January 2030. Vote shares are from the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Key takeaways
- 1
Parliament. Bhumjaithai Party holds the most seats: 192 of 500 (38%). A majority needs 251.
- 2
Headlines. The tone is getting grimmer: 19% of the last 3 days' headlines read grim, 0% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (19%).
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Government. Government barometer 54/100 (Mixed record). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
Headline mood · 3 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 7 stories · grim0 upbeat · 5 neutral · 2 grim
What the headlines are about
- Other 33%
- Politics 19%
- Security 19%
- Economy 14%
- Society 10%
- Climate 5%
A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.
Who holds the seats · House of Representatives
500 seats · 251 for a majority (line)
Bhumjaithai Party
192 seats · 38.4%
192 of 500 seats. IPU Parline lists 192 seats for Bhumjaithai, 173 from constituencies and 19 from the party list. Its party-list share was 17.90 percent. NIDA Poll printed 12.08 percent in September 2026. It leads the coalition with Pheu Thai.
Map · mood compared
Thailand
Overall mood: 19% grim, 0% upbeat · today -29
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 7 stories (average 7); tone grimmer than usual.
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Go deeper
Parties, people, promises, money
500 seats, and Bhumjaithai Party holds 192.
The seat map is IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. It shows 500 seats: Bhumjaithai Party 192, People's Party 120, Pheu Thai Party 74, Kla Tham Party 58, Other parties (16 with seats) 35, Democrat Party 21. A majority of 500 is 251. The People's Party won the most list votes but far fewer constituencies than Bhumjaithai. Voters also backed drafting a new constitution in a referendum on the same day. The next election is expected by 31 January 2030. Vote shares are from the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.
The room
House of Representatives
500 seats · 251 to govern alone · Bhumjaithai Party and Pheu Thai Party 266
The deal
Two big partners lead a coalition past 251
251 seats are a majority of 500. Bhumjaithai has 192 and Pheu Thai 74, so the two hold 266. Smaller parties add more; Wikipedia's cabinet summary says 293 MPs backed Anutin. The People's Party leads the opposition with 120.
The mood
Election vs now
The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 500. They are different counts.
- Bhumjaithai12.1%
- People's35.4%
- Pheu Thai18.4%
- Kla Tham0.0%
- Others0.0%
- Democrat9.8%
The first point is the 2023 party-list vote, when Move Forward, the People's Party's predecessor, came first. The second is the 2026 party-list vote. The third is NIDA Poll's telephone survey of 2,500 adults on 18–23 September 2026, in which 7.64 percent said no party was suitable. Party-list votes are only part of the House: 400 of 500 seats are won in constituencies.
The trend
From election night to now
Public pollster blend — not a forecast
The split
Seat share beside the vote share
The right bar is seats divided by 500. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.
The mismatch
Seats they hold vs the poll
The seat bar is seats divided by 500. The other bar is the NIDA Poll quarterly survey of 18–23 September 2026.
The rude gauge
Growth king or a fight with work
Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 54 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.
Against the workMixed recordGrowth king
Full causal chains live on every promise
This week
The pulse
Polls
NIDA: People's Party at 35.4 percent
NIDA Poll's September survey put the People's Party first at 35.40 percent, Pheu Thai at 18.44 and Bhumjaithai at 12.08.
Politics 101
How this country actually works
What this chamber drawing is
500 seats. 251 to govern alone.
The seat map is IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. It shows 500 seats: Bhumjaithai Party 192, People's Party 120, Pheu Thai Party 74, Kla Tham Party 58, Other parties (16 with seats) 35, Democrat Party 21. A majority of 500 is 251. The People's Party won the most list votes but far fewer constituencies than Bhumjaithai. Voters also backed drafting a new constitution in a referendum on the same day. The next election is expected by 31 January 2030. Vote shares are from the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Who holds the offices this desk names
Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister; Yodchanan Wongsawat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education.
Office holders come from the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.
How foreigners are seen
Openness in Thailand
Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.
Who's welcomed
Share of adults in Thailand with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about.
No data
Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes survey did not poll in Thailand, and no other survey of views of other countries is on this desk yet.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2016
What expats say
InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.
- Ease of settling in9 of 46
- Culture and welcome14 of 46
- Local friendliness8 of 46
- Finding friends8 of 46
In plain words
- Expats ranked Thailand 9 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was local friendliness at 8.
- No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed shows no data.
Sources and method
Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Taxes
The standard rate is 10 percent, but it is reduced to 7 percent until 30 September 2027 unless extended.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, other taxes, 2026-08-24 Source
Pay
Net income up to THB 150,000 is exempt, and income above THB 5,000,000 is taxed at 35 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, taxes on personal income, 2026-08-24 Source
Business
The corporate income tax rate is 20 percent. Dividends paid abroad bear a 10 percent final withholding tax.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, taxes on corporate income, 2026-08-24 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): X, Khaosod English, Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post Thailand.
- The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 500. They are different counts.
- Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.
Survey sources
- Thailand — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Thailand at 2.69. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
- Thailand — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (2019 update) 2019: Gallup. Neli Esipova, Julie Ray and Anita Pugliese, “World Grows Less Accepting of Migrants”, Gallup, 23 September 2020. The table of least-accepting countries lists Thailand at 2.48 for 2019 and marks it as not on that list in 2016/2017. The welcoming score is not built from this figure. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
Image credits
- Bhumjaithai Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- People's Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Pheu Thai Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Kla Tham Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Democrat Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Other parties (16 with seats) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Flag of Thailand — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers
FAQ
Questions the desk actually answers
- Is the Thailand desk live on Nation Runner?
- Yes. It draws IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026, the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026, and the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
- Which culture figures does the Thailand desk show?
- Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Thailand in 2016 (2.69 out of 9) only. The Migrant Integration Policy Index does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is shown as unknown. No Pew row for Thailand is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
- Does the money tab score political donations in Thailand?
- No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this
Seats: IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. Votes: the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. Ballot support: House election 2026 (party list); NIDA Poll, 18–23 Sep 2026. Offices: the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016; MIPEX does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is unknown.