Who?

Guess we're set for Dec. 23 elections.

Parties scramble to merge, members regularly defect from one party to another, and new parties, at least in name, emerge. It's kind of an interesting strategic game to grab the most seats in Parliament. Seems the contenders are either a guise of TRT, against TRT, or former TRT (but not necessarily TRT loyalists). Infinitely fascinating, I know. :P

Since no one cares about the parties' platform (a recent ABAC poll revealed that 2/3rds of Thais would exchange their vote for cash or gifts), we're going with the Party with the most creative name (yet to be decided):

* Democratic Party (Prachatipat) - more liberal and anti-TRT
* Thai Nation Party (Chart Thai) - massage parlor tycoon Chuwit's party
* Great People Party (Pracha Raj) - former TRT ties; similar populist agenda
* Thais United National Development Party (Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana) - former TRT ties
* Neutral Democratic Party (Matchima) - former TRT ties; similar populist agenda
* For the Motherland Party (Pua Paendin) - former TRT ties
* People's Party for Debt Forgiveness/Free Thai Party (Khonkhoplodnee/Thai Pen Thai)
* New Aspiration Party (Khwam Wang Mai) - incarnation of the old New Aspiration Party that merged with TRT
* Citizens' Party
* Social Action Party
* Mass Party/People's Alliance for Democracy - against TRT
* People Power Party (Palang Prachachon) - TRT proxy

I am sure there are some I missed. Meh.