House of Representatives of Thailand

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The House of Representatives of Thailand is the elected lower chamber of the country’s National Assembly, responsible for initiating legislation, overseeing the executive, and representing the Thai electorate.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
budgetaryPower approves the annual budget bill ⓘ
can pass a vote of no confidence in individual ministers ⓘ
pass a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy King of Thailand ⓘ
canIntroduce money bills ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
currentLegislature 26th House of Representatives ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Thailand ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature multi-member constituencies ⓘ
nationwide party list ⓘ
elects Prime Minister of Thailand ⓘ
some members of independent constitutional bodies ⓘ
establishedAfter Siamese Revolution of 1932 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1932 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver confidence in the Council of Ministers ⓘ
hasCommitteeType ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasHouseType elected ⓘ
hasPower interpellation of ministers ⓘ
setting up inquiry committees ⓘ
isSubjectTo royal assent for bills ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Thai ⓘ
legislativeChamber lower chamber ⓘ
locatedIn Bangkok ⓘ
Dusit District ⓘ
meetsIn Sappaya-Sapasathan ⓘ
meetsInSessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
memberEligibilityRequirement Thai citizenship by birth ⓘ
membership in a political party ⓘ
minimum age 25 years ⓘ
numberOfMembers 500 ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Thai parliament
precededBy People's Assembly ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
role initiates legislation ⓘ
oversees the executive branch ⓘ
represents the Thai electorate ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Senate of Thailand ⓘ
supervises Council of Ministers of Thailand ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
mixed-member apportionment ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.go.th ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thai parliament → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Thai government → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Prime Minister of Thailand → nominatedBy → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Prime Minister of Thailand → eligibleFrom → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Prime Minister of Thailand → associatedWith → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Senate of Thailand → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Senate of Thailand → checksAndBalancesWith → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Thailand → accountableTo → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Thai Nation Party → operatesIn → Thai House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: House of Representatives of Thailand
National Assembly (after 1932) → hasChamber → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
National Assembly (after 1932) → hasLowerHouse → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
Yingluck Shinawatra → parliamentaryTerm → 25th House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: House of Representatives of Thailand
Sappaya-Sapasathan → servesAsSeatOf → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
26th House of Representatives of Thailand → precededBy → 25th House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
subject linked to: 26th House of Representatives
linked to: House of Representatives of Thailand
26th House of Representatives of Thailand → membersAre → Members of the House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
subject linked to: 26th House of Representatives
linked to: House of Representatives of Thailand
Acts of Parliament of Thailand → enactedBy → House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ