Membership
Members of the Senate are entitled use the title Senator in front of their names (Thai: สมาชิกวุฒิสภา or ส.ว.). Membership of an elected Senator begins on the senate election day, while an appointed senator becomes a member after the publication of the election result by the Electoral Commission. Senators cannot hold more than one consecutive term, therefore senators cannot be re-elected. A Senator whose membership expires before a new Senator can be named shall continue his or her duties until such seats are occupied. If there is a vacancy the seat is immediately filled either by election or appointment.
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)