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Volume 138, Number 76A
Page 4
Royal Gazette

21 November 2564

Note: The reasons for the promulgation of this Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand are as follows: Section 83 and section 91 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand designate that the House of People’s Representatives be composed of Members numbering five hundred, of whom three hundred and fifty are Members elected on a constituency basis and one hundred and fifty are Members from political parties’ lists, but this number does not conform to the number of the population in each constituency. If the number of the Members of the House of People’s Representatives is designated to be four hundred, the problems of the people would be taken care of in a more in-depth and efficacious manner, which would be beneficial to the people. In addition, in regard to the calculation of votes for party-list Members of the House of People’s Representatives, there needs to be a criterion which is clear and fair for political parties and which respects the “one person, one vote” [principle]. Providing for two forms of ballot papers to entitle people to choose political parties [with one form] and [choose] constituency-basis candidates [with the other form] during an election of Members of the House of People’s Representatives, would enable them to express their will through the election in a manner more conforming to the truth. It is therefore necessary to enact the Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (No 1), 2564 Buddhist Era.