People's Behavior in Election of Members of The House of Representatives B.E. in Nakhon Ratchasima Constituency 5

Abstract

               The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of behavior of the people in the 2019 election of members of the House of Representatives in the fifth constituency, Nakhon Ratchasima Province; 2) to study the level of behavior of the people in accordance with the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma (Things leading never to decline but only to prosperity) in the aforesaid election; 3)to study the relation between personal factors, the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma and people's behavior in the election mentioned; 4) to study recommendations on behavior of the people in the elections as mentioned above. The samples used in the study consisted of 400 participants by calculated the form Taro Yamane. The interviews were conducted with 8 key informants. The tools for data collection were questionnaires and interviews. The obtained data were analyzed by using a social science computer program and the content was analyzed by a descriptive approach.

              The research result finds that:

              1. The behavior of the people in the 2019 elections of members of the House of Representatives in the fifth constituency, Nakhon Ratchasima Province was statistically rated at a high level in overall.

              2. The behavior of the people in accordance with the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma in the election of members of the House of Representatives in the fifth constituency, Nakhon Ratchasima Province was statistically rated at a high level in overall.

              3. The relationship between personal factors, the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma and people's behavior in the election mentioned indicates that people with differences in age, marriage status and the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma had the relation with the statistical significance level of 0.05. For those with differences in gender, education, occupation and monthly income, there was no relation.

             4. The recommendations on behavior of the people in the elections are that in terms of use of voting rights, people should use their right to vote in a transparent manner; in terms of polling, people should vote in elections with righteousness, objectivity, and common interests; is regards to timing of election decisions, people should be thoroughly informed of the information of the candidates; for the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma, people should have unity, promote and support together to use the right to vote according to the Seven Aparihāniyadhamma.