Factors Affecting the Decision to Elect Members Representatives of Ban Tha Sawang, Tha Sawang Subdistrict, Mueang District, Surin Province

Introduction: The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of factors affecting the decision to elect the members representatives of Ban Tha Sawang, Tha Sawang subdistrict, Mueang district, Surin province. 2) To compare the factors affecting the decision to elect the members representatives, and 3) to present guidelines for developing factors affecting the decision to elect the members representatives.Methodology: Using a quantitative research model, the sample group included the population of Ban Tha Sawang, numbering 377 people. Selected using a multi-stage sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The confidence value for the whole document was equal to 0.923. Statistics used for analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA.Results: The research results found that 1. The level of factors affecting the decision to elect the members representatives of Ban Tha Sawang, Tha Sawang subdistrict, Mueang district, Surin province. Most of the respondents were female, 219 people, accounting for 58.1 percent. Most of them were 18 to 30 years old, 173 people, accounting for 45.9 percent. Most of them work as farmers, 122 people, accounting for 32.4 percent, most have an average monthly income of 10,000 baht, 184 people, accounting for 48.8 percent, and most study at the Mathayom 6/Vocational Certificate level. There were 148 people, accounting for 39.3 percent, respectively. Factors affecting the decision to elect the members representatives found that the average is moderate. When considering each aspect, it was found that the averages were at a high level in 3 areas from highest to lowest as follows: political participation, party policy, and voting decision. 2. Results of comparing the factors affecting the decision to elect members representatives classified by personal status. It was found that the population of Ban Tha Sawang is of different gender, age,occupation, average monthly income, and education level had factors affecting the decision to elect members representatives in all three areas not different. Therefore, the hypotheses were rejected. 3. Guidelines for factors affecting the decision to select members representatives separated into each aspect, it was found that in terms of political participation, 32 percent of the Ban Tha Sawang population in the sample group suggested that Vote buying should be prevented. As for voting decisions, 25 percent of the sample population of Ban Tha Sawang gave suggestions that information about the applicant's policies should be provided in a way that is easy to understand. Finally, regarding policy, 28 percent of Ban Tha Sawang's sample population suggested that a new policy should increase the minimum wage because, today, the price of goods is incompatible with income.