October 2007: General Elections

• Population (July 2006): 64,631,595
• Literacy: 92.6% (total population)
• Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
• Suffrage: Universal and compulsory (18 years of age)
  

• Executive Branch
  Chief of State: King Phumpiphon Adunyadet (since 1946)
  Head of Government: Interim Prime Minister Surayut Chulanon (since 10/06 coup)
  
  
• Legislative Branch: Bi-Cameral
  
  Senate: (109 seats - 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja)
  
  House of Representatives: (360 seats)
  
  
• Electoral System:
  
  Executive: Currently in transition; Monarch heriditary
  
  Legislative: Currently in transition; Military junta has scheduled elections for October 2007
  
  
• Political Parties
  Democrat Party (DP)
  People's Party (PP)
  Thai Nation Party (TNP)
  Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT)

Information Provided By : CIA World Fact Book, Thailand

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