The pros and cons of Pheu Thai’s “satellite” strategy

The pros and cons of Pheu Thai’s “satellite” strategy

On the one hand, it is brilliant for Pheu Thai to “branch out” in a bid to get more House of Representatives seats under the new electoral rules.  “Associates” of the party can deliver it a sizeable number of MPs without having to win a single constituency competition.

On the other hand, the strategy can backfire in terms of seats gained, and put the parties involved at risks of being ruled violators of electoral laws, punishable by possibly party dissolution.

The new electoral system goes like this: Every voter will be given just one ballot, and the vote will both determine who win in the respective constituency and be counted as a national vote for each party. All national votes will be combined and used to calculate how many more seats a party gets, or, in case that a party wins no constituency seat, how many seats it will have at all.

Full story:  https://www.thaipbsworld.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-pheu-thais-satellite-strategy/

 

-- nnt 2018-11-13