2014 Texas gubernatorial election
The election took place between nominees who were selected on March 4, 2014: Republican State Attorney General Greg Abbott and Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis. Also on the ballot were Libertarian Party candidate Kathie Glass and Green Party candidate Brandon Parmer. Abbott was projected to carry the election, and ultimately won handily with a 20.4 percentage point advantage. Exit polls showed Abbott winning Whites (72% to 25%), while Davis received majorities among African Americans (92% to 7%) and Hispanics (55% to 44%). Abbott won roughly half of Hispanic men, 54% of all women, and 62% of married women.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election
Abbott took office on January 20, 2015, as the 48th Governor of Texas.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
In the primary election, Greg Abbott polled 787,766 more votes than Wendy Davis though both were considered certain winners of their party nominations. The Republican turnout overall exceeded the Democrat strength by 786,487, nearly the same gap as that between Abbott and Davis.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
Both parties saw their turnout decline from 2010. The GOP had 151,101 fewer primary voters in 2014 than in 2010; the Democrats declined by 133,354. Republicans had a total turnout of 9.8 percent in 2014; the Democrats, 3.7 percent.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
Political scientist Mark P. Jones of Rice University in Houston, declared that the primary returns "looks bad for Democrats. There also wasn't very much going on [for Democrats] in 2010, yet more people voted in 2010 than voted in 2014. ... Instead of moving toward turning Texas blue, they are moving back towards Texas as an even redder state."


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
Davis' intraparty rival and political unknown Ray Madrigal (born c. 1942) of Corpus Christi finished with nearly 21 percent of the vote, but he still outpolled the nominee in two high-profile South Texas counties with large numbers of Hispanic voters, Webb (56-44 percent) and Hidalgo (53-47 percent). In the smaller Willacy and LaSalle counties, Madrigal finished ahead of Davis with nearly 61 and 58 percent, respectively.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
In the 1994 Democratic gubernatorial primary, a candidate similar to Madrigal, Gary Espinosa, polled 22.2 percent of the vote against incumbent Ann Richards, who was thereafter unseated by George W. Bush. Richards remains thus far the last Democrat to have served as governor of Texas. Despite the similarity with 1994, Davis told a candidate forum after the primary that she expected no difficulty in attracting large Hispanic support in South Texas in her campaign against Abbott.


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, Primary analysis
Davis advisor Matt Angle said that he believed the Republicans performed poorly in the primary and would be damaged in the general election by rhetoric against illegal immigration in the heated primary race for lieutenant governor, which continued to a runoff between the incumbent David Dewhurst and the frontrunner, State Senator Dan Patrick, both of Houston. Conversely, Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak said that the Democrats missed an opportunity to bring voters to the polls in a show of strength: "If they think they can skip the primary and have a stunning victory [in the general election], that's extremely naïve."


2014 Texas gubernatorial election, General election, Debates
The first of two confirmed gubernatorial debates between Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott took place at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance at 18:00 on Friday, September 19, co-hosted by KGBT-TV, The Monitor and KTLM-TV. KGBT-TV posted the complete video online and can be viewed . The debate took place in Edinburg, Texas, and it gave both candidates an opportunity to appeal to the Hispanic community, a grouping seen by Reuters as an "increasingly important voting bloc in Texas." The second debate took place on September 30 and was also posted .


2014 Thai Division 1 League
2014 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.


2014 Thai Division 1 League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Thai Division 1 League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per DIV1 team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2014 Thai Division 1 League, Awards, Annual awards, Coach of the Year
The Coach of the Year was awarded to  Totchtawan Sripan.


2014 Thai FA Cup
The 2014 Thai FA Cup (Thai: มูลนิธิไทยคม เอฟเอคัพ) is the 19th season of Thailand knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Football Association of Thailand.


2014 Thai FA Cup
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2015 AFC Champions League Play-off.


2014 Thai FA Cup, Results, Preliminary round
The preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 2 level. The first round was held on 19 March 2014.


2014 Thai FA Cup Final
The 2014 Thai FA Cup Final was the 19th final of Thailand's domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. The final was played at Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok on 9 November 2014. The match was contested by Bangkok Glass, who beat Chiangrai United 6–5 after Penalty shootout of the draw 1-1 in their semi-final, and Chonburi who beat Suphanburi 1–0 in the match. The match was won by Bangkok Glass, defeating Chonburi 1–0 through a goal scored by Lazarus Kaimbi.


2014 Thai FA Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; TPL: Clubs from Thai Premier League; D1: Clubs from Thai Division 1 League; D2: Clubs from Regional League Division 2).


2014 Thai League Cup
The Thai League Cup is a knock-out football tournament played in Thai sport. Some games are played as a single match, others are played as two-legged contests. The 2014 Thai League Cup kicked off on   1 February 2014 with the Bangkok & field regional qualifiers. The Thai League Cup has been readmitted back into Thai football after a 10-year absence. The Thai League Cup is sponsored by Toyota thus naming it Toyota League Cup. The prize money for this prestigious award is said to be around 5 million baht and the runners-up will be netting 1 million baht.


2014 Thai League Cup
The prize money is not the only benefit of this cup, the team winning the fair play spot will get a Hilux Vigo. The MVP of the competition will get a Toyota Camry Hybrid Car. The winner of the cup will earn the right to participate on a cup competition in Japan.


2014 Thai League Cup
This is the first edition of the competition and the qualifying round will be played in regions featuring clubs from the Regional League Division 2.


2014 Thai Premier League
The 2014 Thai Premier League (also known as Toyota Thai Premier League due to the sponsorship from Toyota) is the 18th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 20 teams are competing in the league. The season has begun on 22 February and will finish on 2 November.


2014 Thai Premier League
Buriram United are the defending champions, having won their Thai Premier League title the previous season. Air Force Central, Singhtarua and PTT Rayong entered as the three promoted teams.


2014 Thai Premier League, Teams
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013 season and three promoted from the 2013 Thai Division 1 League.


2014 Thai Premier League, Teams
Pattaya United were relegated to the 2014 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2013 season. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2013 Thai Division 1 League champions Air Force Central, runners-up Singhtarua and third place PTT Rayong.


2014 Thai Premier League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Thai Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per TPL team, but only five of them can be on the game sheet in each game. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2014 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Player of the Year
The Player of the Year was awarded to Suchao Nuchnum.


2014 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Coach of the Year
The Coach of the Year was awarded to Masahiro Wada.


2014 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Golden Boot
The Golden Boot of the Year was awarded to Heberty.


2014 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Fair Play
The Fair Play of the Year was awarded to Songkhla United.


2014 Thai Premier League, Attendances
Updated to games played on 2 November 2014Source: Notes:†Teams played previous season in Division 1


2014 Thai Senate election
Prawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow


2014 Thai Senate election
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2014 Thai Senate election
Senate elections were held in Thailand on 29 March 2014 for the second time under the 2007 constitution. Half the senate seats were elected for non-partisan candidates under the first-past-the-post voting system, with voters electing one senator per province. Turnout fell to 43% from 56% in the 2008 senate elections and 46% in the February 2014 general election, which had been boycotted by the opposition, to only 42.51%.


2014 Thai Senate election, Background
The elections took place against the background of a political crisis in Thailand between the Shinawatra family, who have won all recent elections and are popular among the poor in the rural north, and the royalist and middle class establishment in Bangkok, who accuse them of corruption. The general election in February 2014 was boycotted by the opposition Democrat Party amid street protests against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. A week before the senate election the Constitutional Court annulled the general election.


2014 Thai Senate election, Background
The Prime Minister and most of the ruling MPs are facing investigation by the National Anti Corruption Commission, who can refer politicians to the senate for impeachment. The Senate can pass an impeachment with a 60% majority, which results in a ban from political office for five years.


2014 Thai Senate election, Electoral system
The 2007 constitution provided for a 150-seat Senate, of which just under half are appointed by a Senators Selection Committee, made up of establishment figures. According to political scientist Duncan McCargo, "most appointed senators are broadly in the pro-Democrat camp" which is opposed to the acting government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. A local think tank, the Siam Intelligence Unit, estimates that 90% of the appointed senators are anti-government.


2014 Thai Senate election, Electoral system
Elected senators must be independent from political parties, with no immediate relatives in parliament and must not have been a member of a political party in the last 5 years. However, most winning candidates have been endorsed by powerful local party-linked institutions.


2014 Thai Senate election, Results
There were 443 candidates for the 77 elected seats - an average of 5.5 per seat. There were 48.7 million voters registered for the election and turnout was 42.51%. This included 4.5% of voters who went to vote and cast blank or invalid votes.


2014 Thai Senate election, Results
In the capital Bangkok, the seat was won by Auditor-General Jaruwan Maintaka, who is best known for her membership of the "Asset Scrutiny Committee" set up by the military government following the 2006 Thailand coup. The election of Jaruwan who is a known critic of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was seen as an attempt of the Bangkok electorate to reduce the influence of the pro-Thaksin camp on Thai politics. Despite the requirement to be non-partisan, several new Senators are informally linked to different political camps.


2014 Thai Senate election, Results
Udon Thani Province in the Northeast, was won by the wife of Kwanchai Praipana, a local leader of the pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, or "red shirts". Chiang Mai Province was won by former deputy governor Adisorn Kamnerdsiri, who is considered close to the Pheu Thai Party of acting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Samut Prakan Province elected Waraporn Asavahame, the niece of former deputy interior minister Vatana Asavahame who was convicted of corruption. Suphan Buri Province's new Senator Jongchai Thiangtham is a former deputy secretary-general of the Chartthaipattana Party.


2014 Thai coup d'état
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government of Thailand, following six months of political crisis. The military established a junta called the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to govern the nation.


2014 Thai coup d'état
After dissolving the government and the Senate, the NCPO vested executive and legislative powers in its leader and ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. In addition, it partially repealed the 2007 constitution, save the second chapter which concerns the king, declared martial law and curfew nationwide, banned political gatherings, arrested and detained politicians and anti-coup activists, imposed Internet censorship and took control of the media.


2014 Thai coup d'état
The NCPO issued an interim constitution granting itself amnesty and sweeping power. The NCPO also established a military dominated national legislature which later unanimously elected General Prayut as the new prime minister of the country.


2014 Thai coup d'état
In February 2021, government ministers Puttipong Punnakanta, Nataphol Teepsuwan and Thaworn Senniam were found guilty of insurrection during protests that led to the 2014 coup d'état.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Background
In the 2011 general election, Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party (PTP) won a landslide victory and formed the government with Yingluck as prime minister. Anti -government protests, led by former Democrat Party secretary general Suthep Thaugsuban, began in November 2013. Suthep later formed the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) for the purpose of demanding the establishment of an unelected "people's council" to supervise "political reform". Pro -government groups, including the Red Shirts, held mass rallies in response. Violence occasionally occurred, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Background
In December 2013, Yingluck dissolved the House of Representatives and scheduled a general election for 2 February 2014. Disrupted by the anti-government protesters, the election was not completed on that day. The Constitutional Court then nullified the election on 21 March 2014. On 7 May 2014, the Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yingluck and nine other senior ministers from office over the controversial transfer of a top security officer in 2011. The remaining ministers selected Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan to replace Yingluck as caretaker prime minister as protests continued.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Background
After the coup, PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban told PDRC supporters that he had been in talks with General Prayut since 2010 about how to exclude Yingluck's brother Thaksin Shinawatra and his family from power. He also claimed that before declaring martial law, General Prayut told him that "Khun Suthep and your masses of PDRC supporters are too exhausted. It's now the duty of the army to take over the task". Similarly, Reuters reported in December 2013 that close friends of Prayut, former army chief, Anupong Paochinda, and General Prawit Wongsuwan were supporters of the PDRC. After the coup, Prawit was named Deputy Prime Minister.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Martial law imposition
The RTA intervened on 20 May 2014, when its commander, General Prayut, exercised the power under the act promulgated by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) entitled Martial Law, BE 2457 (1914), to impose martial law nationwide from 03:00. He said through a television pool that the imposition of martial law was due to continuous violence from both sides and was for the purpose of allowing the army to restore and maintain the peace.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Martial law imposition
After imposing martial law, General Prayut ordered the dissolution of the Centre for Administration of Peace and Order, a police body formed by the caretaker government to resolve the crisis. He then established a Peace and Order Maintaining Command (POMC) with himself as its commander. Charged with the duty to "restore peace to the people from all sides without delay", the POMC was initially given the power to "prevent, suppress, abate and resolve" any situation affecting national security, to enforce every provision of the martial law, and to summon any person. General Prayut also ordered the personnel of the police, navy, air force and Ministry of Defence to be subject to the POMC.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Martial law imposition
In Bangkok, soldiers were stationed in many places and the main roads were blockaded. The military retook the Government House from the PDRC protesters and seized all television stations in Bangkok and some other parts of the country before shutting down some stations, including those of the PDRC and the Red Shirts. General Prayut later ordered all media to replace their regular programs with the POMC programs whenever he required. and imposed a ban on publishing information which might affect the military's mission. He also directed all government agency chiefs to report to him.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Martial law imposition
On 21 May 2014, the POMC established an Internet censorship task force and ordered Internet service providers to report to it in order to control online content.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Martial law imposition
The caretaker government complained that it had not been consulted about the martial law-related decisions of the army. The army claimed that the move was not a coup d'état and that the government remained in office.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Unsuccessful talks
After its establishment, the POMC held talks with rival groups for two days in an attempt to find resolution. It was reported that the participants were of conflicting opinions and no agreement could be adopted. During talks, the caretaker government was requested by the Election Commission to resign. The government denied the request, saying it was required by the constitution to stay in office. The 2007 constitution prescribed that the cabinet vacates office en bloc upon dissolution of the House of Representatives but it shall remain in office and continue to function until a new cabinet takes office.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Unsuccessful talks
On the afternoon of 22 May 2014, the POMC held another talk at the Thai Army Club on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road The talk had proceeded for five hours without reaching agreement, whilst the government maintained that it bore a legal duty to remain in office. At the meeting, General Prayut eventually said to Minister of Justice Chaikasem Nitisiri who led the government representatives: "The talk knows no end because you all only speak about the law. [ ...] The government insists that it won't resign, right?" Chaikasem replied: "Not at this moment".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Immediately prior to the coup, Unsuccessful talks
General Prayut then told the meeting that "Sorry, I must seize power" and ordered the detention of the cabinet members as well as the leaders of the PDRC, Red Shirts, and political parties who attended the talk, much to the dismay of the media representatives who were present. They were held at the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the King's Guard, in Phaya Thai District.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Launch
On the evening of 22 May 2014, General Prayut announced through a televised address that the armed forces were assuming control of national administration, formally launching a coup d'état against the caretaker government and establishing the NCPO to rule the state.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Launch
Later that night, the NCPO repealed the 2007 constitution, save the second chapter which deals with the king. In addition, it formally ordered the dissolution of the caretaker government, but the Senate as well as all other state agencies, including the courts and the independent organs, were kept intact. The NCPO declared its composition as follows:


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Launch
The NCPO then announced that its leader would exercise all powers and duties which the laws invest in the prime minister and the cabinet, until there was a new prime minister. It placed its members in charge of government ministries and equivalent agencies.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Launch
On 24 May 2014, the NCPO dissolved the existing Senate and granted legislative powers to its leader. It ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. It transferred Police General Adul to an inactive post in the Office of the Prime Minister and replaced him with Police General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit. Adul was seen as a loyalist of the deposed government.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
Immediately after the coup was launched, caretaker Prime Minister Niwatthamrong, who did not attend the talks, left his office at the Ministry of Commerce so as to avoid being apprehended by the military. The NCPO ordered him and the cabinet members who were not detained to report to the military that day. It was reported that Niwatthamrong attempted to establish a government-in-exile at the United States embassy in Bangkok, but the embassy denied the report.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
On the night of 22 May 2014, military officers detained additional politicians, including Chalerm Yubamrung and his sons. The following day, the NCPO summoned PTP members and Shinawatra family members, including Yingluck. Niwatthamrong and Yingluck surrendered themselves to the NCPO on that day. Yingluck was detained at an undisclosed "safe house". The NCPO said it released her on 25 May.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
The NCPO later summoned another 114 prominent figures from both sides and stated that those who refused to submit to it would be apprehended and prosecuted. Activist Sombat Boonngamanong, better known as Dotty Editor, was the first person who refused to surrender, saying "Hilarious. Not reporting [to the junta] is considered a criminal offense." He challenged the summons with a post on Facebook: "Catch me if you can". The NCPO responded by stating that on the morning of 24 May, it would send soldiers to apprehend those who failed to appear.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
One of those apprehended on that day was Panthongtae Shinawatra, a nephew of Yingluck. Sombat was eventually apprehended on 5 June 2014 in Chon Buri Province. The military tracked him down through the Internet, using the IP address he used to post his comments. In addition to two years in jail for violating its orders, the military said Sombat will face seven years of imprisonment on grounds of encouraging people to violate its orders, which are the "law of the nation". The military also said that those who provided refuge to Sombat were to be dealt with by two years in jail on account of "harbouring a criminal".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
The NCPO also summoned the Bangkok diplomatic corps to its headquarters. In its summons, it said the corps were merely "invited" to a meeting with the military figures, so that they would have "correct understanding" of its mission. Many foreign ambassadors, including German Ambassador Rolf Peter Schulze, refused to go.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
Former Minister of Education Chaturon Chaisaeng was the first person to be tried in a military court for failing to appear as summoned by the NCPO. Soldiers apprehended Chaturon in front of a crowd of foreign journalists immediately after giving a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on 27 May 2014. An NCPO spokesman said that holding a press conference with foreign media was deemed improper and against NCPO policy. Chaturon faced fourteen years of imprisonment in consequence of computer crime charges.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Arrest and detention of public figures
Martial law allows the military to detain people for no more than seven days. The NCPO did not observe the time limit. Some individuals were held incommunicado for more than three weeks.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Control of public activities and media
Upon announcing the coup, the NCPO laid down a ban on political gatherings and directed all protesters to disperse. It ordered all educational institutes, both public and private, to close from 23 to 25 May 2014. It imposed a curfew throughout the country, ordering people to stay indoors from 22:00 to 05:00. The curfew time was later changed to 24:00 to 04:00 hours, effective 28 May 2014. The curfew was lifted in most parts of the country on 13 June 2014.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Control of public activities and media
The NCPO ordered all television and radio stations to stop airing their regular programs and to broadcast RTA programs only. It detained Wanchai Tantiwittayapitak, deputy director of the Thai Public Broadcasting Service which operates Thai PBS station, after he permitted the station to live broadcast a special program about the coup on YouTube instead of television. On the program, several scholars, including Chulalongkorn University lecturer Gothom Arya, were interviewed and gave negative comments on the coup. Thai PBS said Wanchai was taken to the First Army Area headquarters to "tune in understanding between the media and army".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Control of public activities and media
On 23 May 2014, the NCPO summoned all media chiefs to the Thai Army Club and ordered Internet service providers to censor any information deemed provocative, causing public disturbance, containing official secrets, likely detrimental to national security, or defamatory to the NCPO. It threatened to shut down social media if its operator failed to block information inciting unrest or inciting "opposition to peacekeeping".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Control of public activities and media
On the afternoon of 23 May, analogue television networks, except Thai PBS, were allowed to resume their normal programming, after the NCPO ordered the Internet service providers to block all broadcast sharing attempts on the Internet and instructed the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to shut down Internet-based television. All digital television networks were permitted to resume broadcasts the following day.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Coup, Control of public activities and media
On 24 May 2014, media organisations issued an open letter urging the NCPO to end the restriction of press freedom as soon as possible. The NCPO responded by summoning all media operators, instructing them that they were required to attend a meeting with the NCPO first.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
The NCPO stated on 23 May 2014 that it aimed to conduct national "economic, social and political" reforms before elections were permitted. It said a reform council and a national assembly will be set up to work on the reforms. It also said it wanted to handle, inter alia, the rice pledge project problems, and will carry out a project of constructing roads on both banks of the Chao Phraya River. The road construction project was originally initiated by the PTP in 2012 and was part of a flood control project.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
General Prayut said he would run the country until the situation required an interim government. In administering the country, he said he will use the military command and control systems which he believed would develop the country. The NCPO announced that its leader would determine national administrative policies, both "short-term and long-term".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
Unlike previous coups, there were no promises of a quick return to civilian rule. On 26 May, the NCPO held a press conference at which a Thai Rath journalist asked General Prayut if he would become the new prime minister himself. Prayut did not refuse, answering, "It is already in the plan." Another journalist, from the Bangkok Post, asked when an election would happen. Prayut replied, "[An election] depends on the situation. [ There is] no deadline. That's enough", before walking out of the conference room. The following day, both journalists were summoned by the NCPO on grounds of "giving questions that lessen public confidence in the ruler".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
An NCPO spokesman also said that normal democratic principles could not be applied at the current time. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the military's decisions showed that General Prayut is preparing "a long-term pervasive takeover without the calling of quick elections".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
On 29 May 2014, Lieutenant General Chatchalerm Chalermsukh, deputy army chief of staff, told reporters at a press conference in Bangkok, that while elections would be held, there was no timetable. "Right conditions" would have to be put in place before an election took place, he said. A day later, in a national television address, General Prayut said elections would not be held for at least fifteen months. He warned against resistance to the military and called on all sides to co-operate and stop protesting.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Future roles
Some observers believe that elections are being postponed due to issues of succession to the throne of Thailand. The king's "...death will shake Thailand like nothing has in its modern history, and the Thai military wants to be firmly in charge when that happens. It is that simple."


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Royal endorsement
On 24 May 2014, the NCPO said King Bhumibol Adulyadej had acknowledged the coup, but stopped short of describing the response as an endorsement. However, on 26 May 2014 the king formally appointed General Prayut to run the country. In Thailand the monarchy is highly respected and royal endorsement was seen as legitimation of the takeover.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Lèse majesté cases
At a press conference on 23 May 2014, the NCPO said one of its missions is to "severely" deal with lèse majesté offenders in Thailand and ordered governmental officers to support this mission.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Lèse majesté cases
On 25 May 2014, the NCPO authorised military courts to try all cases concerning lèse majesté, sedition, national security, and violation of NCPO orders.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Lèse majesté cases
On that day, the NCPO searched the residence of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, an imprisoned magazine editor sentenced in 2013 to 11 years in jail for lèse majesté. The NCPO detained his wife, who had been campaigning for political prisoners, and his son, a fourth year student at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University. Other critics of the lèse majesté law were detained as well.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Lèse majesté cases
The NCPO later summoned a number of exiled activists accused of lèse majesté, including former Chulalongkorn University political science lecturer Giles Ji Ungpakorn and former minister Jakrapob Penkair. They were ordered to appear by 9 June 2014.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Aftermath, Interim constitution
An interim constitution was enacted on 22 July 2014, paving the way for the establishment of a national legislature, a provisional government, and a reform council. The draft interim constitution originally required that a draft new constitution be approved by the citizens in a nationwide referendum before it is forwarded to the king for his signature. The requirement was disapproved by the NCPO and was deleted. Wissanu Krea-ngam, a Chulalongkorn University law lecturer who drafted the interim constitution, explained that the requirement was deleted to avoid "lengthy process".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Pro- and anti-government protesters
Many PDRC protesters lauded the announcement of the coup at their rally sites. Phra Buddha Issara, a then Buddhist monk and PDRC co-leader, went on stage to proclaim the victory of the anti-Shinawatra government protesters before requesting that his followers disperse and go home. Soldiers took over the pro-government protest sites and fired shots in the air to disperse protesters.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Pro- and anti-government protesters
The last group of protesters left Bangkok on the evening of 23 May 2014. The NCPO provided 70 military vehicles to carry the protesters from both sides home.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
In spite of a ban on political gatherings of more than five persons, demonstrators, including Thammasat University students, marched to the Democracy Monument on 23 May 2014 to express their anger at the coup. However the military stopped them from reaching the monument, citing fear of violence and clashes.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
On the same day, separate protests took place outside the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, led by freelance media, artists, and social activists. Soldiers sent by the NCPO detained the protesters. A live round was fired and the whereabouts of those apprehended was not known.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
On 24 May 2014, a group held an anti-coup protest in front of Major Ratchayothin Cinema in Bangkok, where a company of troops with riot shields was stationed. On that evening, another group of at least 1,000 protesters  marched to the Victory Monument. The military tried to stop their procession, using a police truck. Some of the protesters were apprehended but were released after negotiation.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
At midday on 25 May 2014, a group of anti-coup protesters gathered in front of a McDonald's restaurant at Ratchaprasong, in the heart of Bangkok. Soldiers arrived and seized the area. Another group of people tried to march from the Victory Monument to the Pathum Wan intersection protesting the coup. The military managed to block them.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
Anti -coup protests also took place outside Bangkok. In Chiang Mai Province, a group of people clad in black held anti-coup activities for days, including marching to the city's ancient walls where they performed a candle-lit ceremony opposing the military's action. Some of them were apprehended by military on 24 May. Anti -coup rallies also occurred in several other provinces. In Khon Kaen Province, students held a ceremony to bid farewell to democracy in front of Central Plaza Khon Kaen shopping mall where soldiers were stationed. In Maha Sarakham Province, students held an anti-coup protest in the middle of the city but soldiers came and seized protest materials such as banners. A group of Thais living in Australia held anti-coup activities at Kings Park, Perth, on 26 May.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
A number of anti-coup activists outside Bangkok were later summoned by regional military courts and were detained without charges.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Public protests
On 10 June 2014, Chalard Vorachat, a retired pilot officer and renowned hunger striker, sued the NCPO before the Criminal Court. Chalard alleged that the NCPO, by staging the coup, committed insurrection. The court dismissed the case, ruling that Chalard was not the victim and was therefore not entitled to institute the case, although Chalard claimed that he was the victim because his rights and liberties had been affected by the coup.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Online activities
Anti -coup sentiment was also echoed on Thai social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and LINE, even though the military had previously warned that it would block social media if material critical of the coup was published.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Online activities
A reporter, Pornthip Mongyai, was dismissed by her news agency, Mono Group, after a photo of Pornthip, wearing a press armband, stood next to a line of soldiers with an "X" taped over her lips, went viral on the Internet.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Online activities
In response to anti-coup activities on social media, the NCPO ordered the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) to block Facebook in Thailand "from time to time", effective from 28 May 2014. On that evening, Facebook was blocked for about an hour throughout the country. The MICT stated on 24 May that more than 100 URLs have been blocked under martial law.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Online activities
People calling for protests on social media were warned that they will face prosecution for sedition. The military also said that liking an anti-coup page on Facebook constituted a criminal offence.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Anti-coup symbols
Thai coup protesters used a salute consisting of three fingers symbolising their opposition to the coup; it was inspired originally from The Hunger Games film series, but it was later extended to represent the ideas of liberty, equality and brotherhood. The military announced that it would arrest anyone who displayed the salute. The salute would later become a prominent symbol of the 2020 pro-democracy protests.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Anti-coup symbols
Protesters then adopted the sandwich as their new anti-coup symbol. They handed out sandwiches, shouting "sandwiches for democracy!". On 22 June 2014, a student eating sandwiches in front of Siam Paragon and a group of students who were to organise a sandwich activity at the same venue were apprehended and were later placed in detention.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Anti-coup symbols
Apart from using the three-finger salute and eating sandwiches in public, two other acts of expressing anti-coup stance have been criminalised: reading George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four in public, and wearing shirts with certain slogans such as "Peace Please" and "Respect My Vote".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Anti-coup symbols
Private citizens performing other symbolic acts were also apprehended and detained.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Anti-coup, Anti-coup symbols
These included: an aged woman wearing a mask with the word "People", a man shouting "I'm a common citizen who feels shame because there's another coup in my country", a fried squid vendor wearing a red shirt, a group of people covering their eyes, ears, and mouths, a group of movie commentators and artistic activists intending to organise the displaying of the film Nineteen Eighty-Four, a group of people holding activities in front of Wat Phra Si Mahathat, a temple in Bangkok, to commemorate the transition of absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy in the Siamese revolution of 1932, a student playing "La Marseillaise" in public, a group of people holding papers asking "Where are the people? ", and a man holding a paper saying "Holding papers is not a crime". All were to be tried in military courts for sedition.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Pro-coup
On 25 May 2014, a pro-coup group held a counter-rally at the Democracy Monument calling on the NCPO to conduct reforms before a general election. The following day, a group of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a similar rally.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Political parties
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on 25 May 2014 that he was sorry that he could not protect democracy. The following day, he urged the NCPO to take tough measures against anti-coup groups.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
The coup met with strong reactions from Thai academics, with the majority expressing serious concern over its negative impact on Thailand's democracy and human rights. But some Thai academics argued that there was no other solution to Thailand's problems.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
A group of university lecturers, who call themselves the Assembly for the Defence of Democracy (AFDD), issued a statement on 23 May 2014, emphasizing the right of the people to offer resistance to an illegitimate ruler and requesting the military to promptly release the detained protesters. In its statement, the AFDD said,


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
A good ruler shall not rule by force. He must be accepted by the public, must gain public consent, must keep his words, and must acquire faith and trust from everyone. If the NCPO treats the people as its enemy and keeps on suppressing them by force, it will face endless resistance and will have to suppress countless people. Eventually, there will be no one left to be ruled.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
On that day, AFDD members gathered in front of the Dome Building of Thammasat University to express their anti-coup stance. The scholars from the Midnight University also issued a statement denouncing the coup and demanding the resignation of the National Human Rights Commission.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
The academic sector also called on NCPO members to disclose their financial interests to the public. However, the National Anti- Corruption Commission said that it is not required by any law.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
On 26 May 2014, Phra Paisal Visalo, a monk renowned for his roles in human rights protection, denounced the coup, saying "Even though this coup brought an end to some urgent problems..., it is the beginning of new various problems which are surely more serious".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
In response to heavy opposition from the academic sector, military officers were stationed at some higher education institutions to prevent academics from expressing political opinions or holding political activities. These included Thammasat University's Tha Pra Chan Campus in Bangkok.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
The NCPO summoned leading pro-democracy scholars. Despite the NCPO threatening that those failing to show up would face criminal penalties, the summoned said they would not submit to the military. A number of scholars who failed to appear were later apprehended, such as Thammasat University law lecturer Sawatree Suksri who was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi Airport on 7 June 2014 after travelling back from the United States on a US embassy study trip about human rights.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Domestic responses, Academic and religious sectors
The military also ordered Thai diplomats to take measures to force the return of exiled academicians. One of the targets was Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai associate professor at Kyoto University who challenged the summons by asking if he could send his pet chihuahua to meet with General Prayut in his stead. Pavin claimed that the Thai ambassador in Tokyo and consul general in Osaka had both been told by the military that if they failed to force Pavin to return, they would either be transferred or forced out of the foreign service. On 13 June 2014, the NCPO issued an arrest warrant against Pavin.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
The United States suspended US$3.5m in military aid to Thailand from its overall aid package of US$10.5 million and cancelled military engagements, including military visits and training. It also urged tourists to cancel trips and halted non-essential visits by its governmental officers.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
Some border checkpoints between Thailand and neighbouring states were closed following the coup.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports said on 27 May that the arrival of "foreign tourists dropped by 20%".


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
The coup also resulted in the cancellation of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's concert for The Red Tour, formerly scheduled on 9 June 2014, in Bangkok, and the postponement of several events, including USA Fair 2014 scheduled for 30 May–2 June 2014.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
Asia Sentinel reported on 9 June 2014 that Thai rights groups estimated that some 200 people remained in detention since the coup happened.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
After the NCPO vowed on 11 June 2014 to deal with illegal foreign workers in Thailand, saying "we see illegal workers as a threat", a very large number of foreign migrants, more than half of whom were women and children, left the country the same day. The International Organization for Migration described the event as a "sudden influx" and expressed its concern. The BBC reported on 16 June 2014 that more than 180,000 Cambodians fled Thailand after the NCPO announced the crackdown.


2014 Thai coup d'état, Impacts
A group of Cambodians died in a car accident on their way to the border and this enraged the Cambodian government, which said the Thai military must be held responsible for all the problems that have occurred. Burmese migrants in northern Thailand were arrested and were released only after a "protection fee" was paid. Rights groups said employers in southern Thailand had also advised their foreign workers to go into hiding in the woods or rubber plantations to avoid arrest.


2014 Thai general election
Prawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow


2014 Thai general election
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2014 Thai general election
Early general elections were held in Thailand on Sunday, 2 February 2014, after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked King Bhumibol Adulyadej to dissolve parliament more than a year early owing to Thailand's political crisis. Voters elected a new House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Assembly. Voting was disrupted in 69 of 375 constituencies by the opposition that had called for a boycott. This made a re-run in several stages necessary, depending on the security situation in the affected districts. The first re-run date was on 2 March. Results were expected to be announced after voting had taken place in all parts of the country.


2014 Thai general election
On 21 March 2014 the Constitutional Court invalidated the elections on grounds that they were not completed within one day throughout the country.


2014 Thai general election, Background
After the ruling Pheu Thai Party attempted to pass an amnesty bill, the opposition accused them of seeking to bring back former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is in self-imposed exile following his conviction for abuse of power. Protests then occurred, sometimes violent, which included demands for the government to resign and the Shinawatra family to quit Thai politics. Following a mass resignation of opposition MPs, on 9 December Yingluck said in a televised address that she had asked the King to dissolve parliament in order to allow the Thai people to resolve the crisis.


2014 Thai general election, Background
She said: "At this stage, when there are many people opposed to the government from many groups, the best way is to give back the power to the Thai people and hold an election, so the Thai people will decide." However, anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said that the protests would continue till their demands are met, including the formation of an unelected "people's council", as "we have not yet reached our goal. The dissolving of parliament is not our aim." Yingluck also said that she would not resign ahead of the election.


2014 Thai general election, Organization and changes
According to the  Election Commission, the organization of this election cost 3.8 billion baht, while the previous election in 2011 cost 3.4 billion baht. The rise of the expenses is due to the increase of the constituencies from 95,000 to 100,000. The Election Commission also said that there were 48 million eligible voters.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
The opposition party, Democrat Party, decided to boycott the election. In response, Yingluck said the election would go ahead as planned.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
On 26 December the Election Commission held a session at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok in which parties participating in the election were allocated their positions on the ballot papers for the national election of members from party lists. A crowd of "several thousand" protesters from a group called Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand attempted to disrupt the registration process by forcing their way into the stadium. A truck was driven at the gates in an attempt to break them down. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
The violence escalated with firearms being used on both sides. A police Sergeant-Major was shot in the chest and died in hospital. A protester was wounded and later died in hospital. Despite this attempt at disruption, the registration of candidates went ahead, although Election Commission staff had to be evacuated by helicopter when the process was concluded.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
Following these events, the president of the Election Commission, Supachai Somcharoen, called for the election to be postponed. "It is not hard to predict that the election will not be smooth, fair and transparent under the current circumstances." In response, Deputy Prime Minister Phongthep Thepkanchana said: "There is no clause in the charter or any other law which authorizes the government to postpone the election date." The Bangkok Post suggested that the Election Commissioners might resign if the government did not postpone the election, or they might postpone it on their own authority, despite lacking legal authority to do so.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
In southern Thailand demonstrators prevented candidate registration in 28 constituencies for four successive days. By 31 December, no candidate registrations had taken place in the six southern provinces of Chumpon, Krabi, Phattalung, Songkhla, Surat Thani and Trang. Registration was also partly prevented in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phuket provinces. All these areas are strongholds of the Democrat Party. Under the Thai Constitution, the House of Representatives cannot sit unless the Election Commission has certified the election of a member for at least 95% of the 375 constituencies.


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
If no candidates are registered for the southern provinces, this requirement will not be met and the new House of Representatives will be unable to meet. The Pheu Thai Party has requested the Election Commission to extend the deadline for candidate registration. The Asian Wall Street Journal suggested that the opposition was "openly begging for another military coup." On 7 January, the National Anti- Corruption Commission (NACC) announced that it would charge 308 members of the outgoing House of Representatives and Senate with "misconduct."


2014 Thai general election, Anti-election campaigns
The basis of the charge is that these members voted for legislation to change the Senate from a partly elected to a fully elected chamber. The Constitutional Court ruled that this legislation violated section 68 of the 2007 Constitution. Section 68 prohibits an attempt to undermine the "democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State" or to acquire the administrative power by constitutional means, and empowers the Constitutional Court to stop such attempt, to dissolve any political party guilty of it and to disfranchise the executives of the dissolved party for five years. The NACC claimed that since the legislation was found to be unconstitutional, those who voted for it were guilty of misconduct.


2014 Thai general election, Constitutional Court case
Due to violence and obstruction from the protests, the Election Commission said on 11 January that it would either order the adjournment of the election or would request the government to do so. Supachai Somcharoen said the reason for doing so was the EC's failure to register candidates in the 28 southern constituencies. He also suggested that in the 22 constituencies in which only one candidate had registered, voter turnout might not reach the required minimum of 20%. He added that he feared further political violence. However, Prime Minister Yingluck argued that neither the government nor the commission is empowered to cancel or adjourn an election. Deputy Prime Minister Thepkanchana added that if the government adjourned the election, for any reason, beyond the 60-day legal timeframe, it could be taken to court for violating the constitution.


2014 Thai general election, Constitutional Court case
On 23 January, the Commission requested the Constitutional Court to decide if an election can be adjourned and who is the competent authority to do so. The court unanimously agreed to address the case. On 24 January, the court, by seven votes to one, ruled that the government and the election commission could jointly postpone the election. The government then offered to postpone the election with the caveat that there would be an agreement by all parties that the rescheduled election date would not be disrupted or boycotted.


2014 Thai general election, Constitutional Court case
On 28 January the Election Commission held a joint conference with the Council of Ministers and offered to delay the election for three or four months, but that if the government insisted that the election take place as originally scheduled, the Commission would seek assistance from the armed forces to ensure peace and order during the election. After the conference, the Commission stated that the election would take place as scheduled because most parts of the country were unhindered by disruption and the delay did not guarantee that unrest would cease. Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul accused the Commission of "playing tricks" to bring about a postponement of the election.


2014 Thai general election, Early voting
Early voting for those unable to vote on 2 February began on 26 January. There are an estimated 2 million registered early voters. In the southern provinces and in parts of Bangkok, demonstrators blocked access to polling places and prevented early voting from taking place. There were violent altercations at some polling places between demonstrators and people wishing to vote. One protest leader, Suthin Tharatin, was shot dead at a polling place in Bangkok during a confrontation with voters. Early voting took place without incident in the north, north-eastern and central regions (outside Bangkok) of Thailand. "This is the day when Thailand and the rest of the world saw the true face of the protest movement," said Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch. "They are using thuggery to disrupt the voting process."


2014 Thai general election, Election day
The day before the election there were reports of gunfights between supporters and opponents of the government in Lak Si District, in the northern suburbs of Bangkok. On 2 February, however, the election went ahead as scheduled, with no reports of violence. Voting was unable to take place in the south and in parts of Bangkok, however Prime Minister Yingluck was able to vote at a Bangkok polling place. Security officials said about 130,000 police had been deployed across Thailand, including 12,000 in Bangkok. "The situation overall is calm and we haven't received any reports of violence this morning," said National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabutr. The EC said that voting had been unable to proceed in 42 constituencies in the south and in Bangkok.


2014 Thai general election, Election day
Counting of votes began immediately after the close of polling, but the EC said it would not be announcing results because of "problems," including the blocking of advance voting and the failure to hold voting in some constituencies. EC Chairman Supachai Somcharoen stated on Thai television: "Today, we cannot announce the overall results of the election”.


2014 Thai general election, Election day
According to the EC, the final turnout for the 2 February elections—counted from 68 provinces and excluding the nine provinces where voting was cancelled—was 47.72 per cent, or 20,530,359 voters (voting was closed prior to the 3 p.m. cut-off time in some areas of these provinces). The highest participation rate was in Chiang Mai, where 827,808 voters, or 75.05 per cent, participated from a total 1,103,069 eligible voters. Of the total ballots cast in Chiang Mai, 530,427, or 64.08 per cent, were valid; 129,983, or 15.7 per cent, were invalid; and 167,398, or 20.22 per cent, were vote-no ballot.


2014 Thai general election, Election day
For Bangkok Metropolis, a total of 1,133,296 voters, or 25.94 per cent, from a total of 4,369,120 eligible voters cast their votes—775,821, or 68.46 per cent, were valid; 90,923, or 8.02 per cent, were invalid; and 266,552, or 23.52 per cent, were vote-no ballots. The EC announced that as many as 20.1 million out of 43.024 million eligible voters submitted votes in 68 provinces where voting was not disrupted by protestors, with 71.38 percent of those ballots valid, 12.05 percent invalid and 16.57 percent "no-vote". The EC will discuss the 28 constituencies where candidates were prevented from registering prior to the polls due to protest actions and stated that it will consult with legal experts and advisors before arriving at a decision.


2014 Thai general election, Election day
On 4 February 2014, the Democrat Party forwarded a request to the Constitutional Court to invalidate the election, in addition to the dissolution of the Pheu Thai Party and the disfranchisement of its executives. As part of their request, the Democrats identified the election an attempt of the government to acquire administrative power by unconstitutional means, in accordance with section 68 of the Constitution, the same section that the Democrats had successfully invoked to request the invalidation of the constitutional amendment in November 2013.


2014 Thai general election, Election day
Section 68 prohibits an attempt to undermine the "democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State", or to acquire administrative power by constitutional means, and empowers the Constitutional Court to stop such an attempt, to dissolve any political party guilty of it and to disfranchise the executives of the dissolved party for five years. The Pheu Thai Party filed a counter-request in response to the Democrat Party on 5 February, also seeking the dissolution and disfranchisement of its executives on the grounds of section 68. The Pheu Thai Party spokesperson said that the Democrat Party's request to invalidate the election is an attempt to topple the government outside the rule of democracy.


2014 Thai general election, Re-run in disrupted constituencies
A six-hour meeting was convened by the EC on 7 February and EC member Somchai explained afterwards that if elections are to be held in the 28 constituencies in which candidate have not been able to register for polls, a written royal decree from the government is necessary. The meeting unanimously decided to seek such a decree from the government and the EC believes that it can hold new elections in the five provinces of Rayong, Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Petchaburi without difficulty.


2014 Thai general election, Re-run in disrupted constituencies
However, Somchai stated: “We are not quite sure if new elections could be successfully held in Prachuap Khiri Khan and Satun which have 222 and 300 polling stations, respectively. ", but added that the EC would reassess the situation again on 11 February 2014. EC secretary general Puchong Nutrawong said the EC has scheduled candidacy registration for 4–8 March, 23 March for advance election and 30 March for Senate election.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
In July 2014, an internationally publicised incident occurred in which a Thai woman, Pattaramon Janbua, who had been hired as a surrogate mother for an Australian couple, sought to raise money for her critically ill surrogate son. The baby had been in her care since she gave birth in December 2013; biological parents David John Farnell and Wenyu Wendy Li had left Thailand 2 months later with baby Gammy's twin sister Pipah.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
When ultrasound results seven months into the surrogate pregnancy indicated that Ms Pattaramon was carrying twins and that one of the twins, a boy, had Down syndrome, Farnell and Li requested that she abort him, and that they would keep only the child's twin sister. Ms Pattharamon refused, citing her Buddhist beliefs, and instead opted to raise the boy (named Gammy) on her own. Thai surrogacy laws dictate that a child's legal mother is its birth mother. The Farnells returned to Australia in December 2013, bringing baby Gammy's twin sister Pipah with them.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
After the story broke to media, donors amassed a fund of over $250,000 to help baby Gammy.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
The incident raised questions about the ethics of gestational surrogacy. Also, the fact that David Farnell is a convicted sex offender (he was sentenced to three years in prison in 1997 for molesting two girls aged 7 and 10) has also caused controversy. There were also rumors that the Farnells believed that Gammy had died, but this was not true; it was David Farnell's adult daughter who claimed that Gammy died and she did so because she thought it would be easier to explain it to her friends.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
In response to the controversy, Thailand  authorities reportedly banned surrogate babies from leaving the country with their parents. Hundreds of foreign couples were reported to have been affected. A law was also drafted making paid surrogacy a criminal offense in Thailand.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
In response to the controversy, since July 30, 2015 Thailand has banned foreign residents from commercial surrogacy contract arrangements, under the Protection of Children Born from Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act. Only opposite-sex married couples as Thailand residents are allowed to have a commercial surrogacy contract arrangement. In the past Thailand was a popular destination for couples seeking surrogate mothers.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
A charity involved in the case has stated that David Farnell has tried to access the funds raised for Gammy. However, an inquest into Farnell and Li's contact with his daughter by Australian authorities found that there was no evidence to suggest Farnell ever attempted to access the funds set aside for Gammy. Additionally, it was found Farnell and Li had attempted to bring Gammy home, but the surrogate mother initially had objections and had intended to adopt Gammy without Farnell and Li, so they had left Gammy behind in a mix-up of cultural and language barriers.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
It was ruled Pipah is not allowed to be alone with David Farnell and the agreement that she must be read a photobook with age appropriate language every three months for the foreseeable future that explains her father's offenses.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
Gammy was later granted Australian citizenship on Janbua's application on the basis that Gammy's biological father David Farnell was Australian.


2014 Thai surrogacy controversy
David Farnell died in July 2020, reportedly from an asbestos-related illness.


2014 Thailand National Games
The 43rd Thailand National Games (Thai: การแข่งขันกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 43 "นครราชสีมาเกมส์", also known as the 2014 National Games and the Nakhon Ratchasima Games) were held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 9 to 19 December 2014. Competition included 43 sports and 77 disciplines. These games held in the 80th Birthday Sport Center, Suranaree University of Technology Sport Center. Nakhon Ratchasima also hosted the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.


2014 Thailand National Games, Marketing, Mascot
The mascots Sima Gomphotherium is an ancient animal fossils were discovered in Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Nakhon Ratchasima. The mascots carry the torch, wear orange T-shirt. "Orange" is the color of the province and hanging a gold medal.


2014 Thailand National Games, Ceremony, Opening ceremony
The official opening ceremony of this games were 9 December 2014 at the 80th Birthday Stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima. It was attended by the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul. This ceremony presented 7 series including


2014 Thailand National Games, Ceremony, Closing ceremony
The official closing ceremony was 19 December 2014 at the 80th Birthday Stadium December 5, 2007 in Nakhon Ratchasima. In the closing ceremony were shown 6 series and closing by Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports.


2014 Thailand National Games, Medal tally
Suphan Buri led the medal table for the second consecutive time. A total of 77 Provinces won at least one medal, 65 Provinces won at least one gold medal, 11 Provinces won at least one silver medal and 1 Province won at least one bronze medal. The host province, Nakhon Ratchansima, is highlighted.


2014 Thailand national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Thailand national football team in 2014.


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Lebanon
Assistant referees:Ochi Shinji (Japan)Hiro Shi Yamauchi (Japan)Fourth official:Kimura Hiroyuki  (Japan)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Philippines
Assistant referees:Pham Manh Long (Vietnam)Nguyen Trung Hau (Vietnam)Fourth official:Teetichai Nualjan  (Thailand)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs  New Zealand
Assistant referees:Pham Manh Long (Vietnam)Nguyen Trung Hau (Vietnam)Fourth official:Teetichai Nualjan  (Thailand)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Singapore
Assistant referees: Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran) Kim Young Ha (South Korea)Fourth official: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Malaysia
Assistant referees: Kim Young Ha (South Korea) Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official: Alireza Faghani (Iran)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Myanmar
Assistant referees:Ruslan Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official:Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Philippines(1)
Assistant referees: Juma Al Burshaid (Qatar) Saoud Ahmed Al Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official: Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Philippines(2)
Assistant referees:Lee Jung-Min (South Korea)Choi Min-Byung (South Korea)Fourth official:Kim Dae-yon  (South Korea)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Malaysia(1)
Assistant referees:Saidov Jakhongir  (Uzbekistan)Chow Chun Kit (Hong Kong)Fourth official:Aziz Asimov  (Uzbekistan)


2014 Thailand national football team results, vs Malaysia(2)
Assistant referees: Sokhandan Reza Ebrahim (Iran) Mohammad Reza Abolfazli (Iran)Fourth official: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)


2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. They finished the season 5–7, 3–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.


2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Schedule
For the fifth year in a row, home games in September were scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff rather than the traditional 2:00 p.m. kickoff.


2014 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
The 2014 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from October 28 to November 2 at the Selkirk Recreational Complex in Selkirk, Manitoba. It was the first men's Grand Slam event of the season and the second women's Grand Slam event of the season.


2014 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
In the women's final, Valerie Sweeting of Edmonton won her first Grand Slam title with a 5–4 victory over Olympic silver medallists Margaretha Sigfridsson of Sweden. In the men's final, Brad Gushue of St. John's won his first Grand Slam title with an 8–6 victory over Mike McEwen of Winnipeg.


2014 The National (March)
The 2014 Syncrude National was held from March 12 to 16 at the MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the third men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$100,000.


2014 The National (March), Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Time Zone (UTC−7).


2014 The National (November)
The 2014 The National in November was held from November 19 to 23 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The National was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season.


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger
The 2014 The Oaks Club Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Osprey, Florida, United States, on March 24–30, 2014.


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger – Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but the team was unable to participate because they were still active at the Sony Open in Miami.


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger – Doubles
Rika Fujiwara and Hsieh Shu-ying won the tournament, defeating Irina Falconi and Eva Hrdinová in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–4].


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger – Singles
Mariana Duque was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2014 The Oaks Club Challenger – Singles
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová won the tournament, defeating Marina Erakovic in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500
The 2014 The Profit on CNBC 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 2, 2014, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the second race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kevin Harvick won the race, his first win driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (20th), Austin Dillon (24th), and Cole Whitt (27th).


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Previous week's race
Although close on fuel and with a piece of bear bond from Ryan Newman's car stuck to his grill, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took off on the last restart of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, moving in front of Jeff Gordon. Over the course of the last lap, an intense battle for the runner-up spots unfolded between Jimmie Johnson, Gordon, Brad Keselowski, and Denny Hamlin.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Previous week's race
Heading through turn 4, Kevin Harvick tried to force himself between Jamie McMurray and Kyle Busch in turn 4, and a wreck ensued as Harvick was sent into the wall, collecting a number of other cars including McMurray, Busch, Carl Edwards, and Reed Sorenson. While that was happening, Earnhardt, Jr. held off Hamlin and took the checkered flag to score his second Daytona 500 victory. Earnhardt, Jr. stated that his car was "awesome" and after some help from Gordon on the restart, Earnhardt, Jr. "just took care of it from there".


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Report, Background
The track, Phoenix International Raceway, is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races, the others being Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway. The standard track at Phoenix International Raceway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's first two turns are banked from 10–11 degrees, while the third and fourth turns have an 8–9 degree banking. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 3 degrees, and the back stretch has a 10–11 degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 55,000 spectators. The 2013 winner was Carl Edwards.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for The Profit on CNBC 500 was released on February 24 at 11:22 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-six drivers were entered for the race.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Practice, First practice
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.951 and a speed of 138.723 mph (223.253 km/h).


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Qualifying
In the first running of NASCAR's new-for-2014 knockout qualifying system, Brad Keselowski won the pole with a new track record time of 25.828 and a speed of 139.384 mph (224.317 km/h). Keselowski was intrigued as to how the qualifying session looked to the general public, stating "I'm more curious the feedback we get from our fans" and that "at the end of the day it's not about whether I like it, it's about whether they liked it".


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick, who missed out on the top 12 placings by 0.001 seconds in the first part of the session, complained about the cooling of the cars, defining it as "dumb", while also praising the qualifying concept as "really cool, but they need to let you cool the cars down. One of these times somebody is going to get clobbered in the back". NASCAR did not allow teams to use cool-down units and teams were forced to run cool down laps on the track while other drivers were making qualifying laps.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Qualifying
Defending champion Jimmie Johnson opined that everyone understood "what NASCAR is trying to do, and I'm confident that if there is a problem they'll make some changes". NASCAR vice president for competition Robin Pemberton stated that the organization would "continue to talk to the drivers and teams and solicit feedback and how, if anything, we can improve". Justin Allgaier crashed his car during the opening session, switched to a backup car and started last as a result.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.133 and a speed of 137.757 mph (221.698 km/h).


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was also the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.285 and a speed of 136.960 mph (220.416 km/h).


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, First half, Start
The race started at 3:20 p.m. with Brad Keselowski leading the field to the green flag, but he did not keep the lead for long as his teammate Joey Logano passed him to lead the first lap. Logano led the race for the entire first stint, ahead of a competition caution on lap 36, due to overnight downpours. Keselowski won the race off pit road to assume the lead, for the restart on lap 41.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, First half, Start
Just as it was at the first start, Logano assumed the lead on the first lap following the restart, and he held the lead until Kevin Harvick moved ahead on lap 74. Harvick held the lead until a scheduled pit stop on lap 111; Keselowski reassumed the lead before a pit stop of his own on lap 113, and Harvick returned to the head of the race for the next stint. The second caution of the race flew on lap 162, caused by debris on the frontstretch. Brian Vickers' car cut down a right-front tire and hit the wall in turn 3 under that caution.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 170, but was almost immediately back under yellow flag conditions, after a multi-car incident which brought out the third caution. Danica Patrick made contact with Justin Allgaier going into turn 1 and both spun out. Travis Kvapil made contact with Patrick trying to avoid her. Allgaier and Patrick discussed the incident post-race, with Allgaier telling the media that Patrick "was just upset because she got involved in the crash that we had", and that "she's been through this and that she felt like I needed to settle down at that point". The race restarted on lap 176, with Harvick maintaining the lead. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 187 after Patrick went high into the groove in turn 1, cut the left-rear tire and spun through 180 degrees before coming to a stop.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 192, with Harvick leading once again for the next stint, leading all the way to his next pit stop, with 76 laps to go and Carl Edwards assumed the lead position. Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman also had stints at the head of the race, with Newman leading the race at the time of the fifth caution of the race, caused by debris on the backstretch, with 66 laps to go. Newman swapped positions with Clint Bowyer on pit road and the lead cycled back to Harvick, for the restart with 61 laps to go.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The sixth caution of the race flew with 35 laps to go for debris in turn 1, with the restart coming with 30 laps to go. With 27 laps to go, David Gilliland's left-rear tire delaminated in turn 1, and in the circuit's dogleg, he over-corrected the car and spun around bringing out the seventh caution of the race. The race restarted with 21 laps to go, before the eighth caution of the race flew with 16 laps to go, after Kurt Busch's engine failed.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, Second half, Finish
The race restarted with nine laps to go and Harvick held off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to score the victory. Harvick praised his Stewart-Haas Racing team for the efforts in the early part of the season, since his move from Richard Childress Racing, stating "to add an extra team, bring in a bunch of new guys, new driver, Rodney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together. These guys all want to win that is why they came here". He added that he was "really happy" with the engine that had been provided by Hendrick Motorsports.


2014 The Profit on CNBC 500, Race, Second half, Finish
Earnhardt, Jr. was disappointed to miss out on the victory, stating that he "would have loved to have won the race, am a little disappointed to have come that close", but like Harvick, praised his team for their performances, adding that they have "a lot of great chemistry and good communication going back and forth. Everybody's confidence is very high. Everybody's mood and morale is really high".


2014 The Women's Tour
The 2014 Friends Life Women's Tour was the inaugural edition of The Women's Tour, a stage race held in Great Britain, with a UCI rating of 2.1. It was the ninth stage race of the 2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar. It is the only race in Great Britain, apart from the National Championships, on this calendar.


2014 The Women's Tour
Marianne Vos won the last three of the five stages and the race overall.


2014 Third Division Football Tournament
The Third Division Football Tournament was the tournament for the 2014 season in the Maldives. Dhivehi Sifainge Club went on to win the tournament, beating Police Club 4–2 on penalties as the scores were leveled 1–1 after the final whistle of the final match played on 11 January 2015.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 28th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 25th tournament of the Uber Cup, the badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held on 18–25 May 2014 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. This is the first time India hosted the two cups.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup
The Thomas Cup final featured two teams not expected to make it there as Japan faced Malaysia. In a back-and-forth contest, Japan came out on top by a score of 3 matches to 2, winning their first Thomas Cup. The Uber Cup final featured the top two teams, China and Japan. Backed by wins from the world's top two singles players, China came out on top by a 3–1 score. It was their 13th title overall.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host city selection
New Delhi was awarded with this event by Badminton World Federation on April 2013. This event marked the first time India hosted the Thomas and Uber Cup finals after hosting 2009 BWF World Championships in Hyderabad.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Seedings
The seeding list was based on 6 March 2014 world rankings as the draw was conducted on 30 March 2014. The top four seeded teams were in the first pot, followed by the next four teams in the second pot, the next four teams in the third pot, and the last four teams were in the fourth pot.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Seedings
The knock out draw was held immediately after the group stage was completed.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Thomas Cup, Knockout stage, Semifinals
The top four teams in the semi-final were the top four seeded teams in this competition. They also won their respective groups.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Thomas Cup, Knockout stage, Final
Both Japan and Malaysia arrived in the final having already surpassed expectations by defeating traditional powerhouses China and Indonesia in the semi-final, both with 3–0 scores.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Thomas Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the first singles matches, Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei defeated Japan's Kenichi Tago in straight sets. In the next match, Malaysia's scratch combination of Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong won the first set, but Japan's world number three pair of Kenichi Hayakawa and Hiroyuki Endo stayed close and pipped their opponent to win the match. In the second singles match, upcoming Japanese player Kento Momota bested Chong Wei Feng in straight sets. The second doubles match was perhaps the most explosive, with quick volleys, many powerful smashes, and several diving saves.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Thomas Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the end Malaysia's doubles team of Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong stayed unbeaten during the tournament and leveled the best of five contest by defeating Japan's Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura in three sets. Thus, the hopes of both countries fell to the third singles players. Malaysia's Daren Liew got out to an early lead, but as the game progressed he made a couple of errors, misjudging the shuttle. Japan's Takuma Ueda won the match in three sets, giving Japan their first title.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Uber Cup, Knockout stage, Semifinals
Three of the teams in the semi-final were among the top four seeded teams in this competition. The other team is host India. All four teams won their respective groups.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Uber Cup, Knockout stage, Final
China and Japan were the top two seeded teams in the Uber Cup and faced each other in the final.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup, Uber Cup, Knockout stage, Final
Olympic champion and world number one Li Xuerui quickly defeated her Japanese opponent Minatsu Mitani in straight sets. Japan evened the contest in the first doubles when Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi stopped China's top women pair, Bao Yixin and Tang Jinhua, in straight sets. World number two Wang Shixian put China back in front when she beat Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in another match that ended in straight sets. China clinched the title in the second doubles when Wang Xiaoli and Zhao Yunlei bested Miyuki Maeda and Reika Kakiiwa. China thus won the tie three matches to one.


2014 Thomas & Uber Cup squads
This article lists the confirmed squads lists for badminton's 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup.


2014 Thomas Cup group stage
This article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2014 Thomas Cup in New Delhi, India. All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:30).


2014 Three Days of De Panne
The 2014 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: 2014 VDK-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde) was the 38th edition of the Three Days of De Panne, an annual bicycle stage race. The race was held in and around the De Panne region of West Flanders. It began in De Panne on 1 April and finished in De Panne on 3 April. As the previous editions, the race consisted of four stages, with two held on the final day. It was part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour and was rated as a 2.HC event.


2014 Three Days of De Panne, Teams
A total of 22 teams took part in the race:


2014 Three Rivers District Council election
The 2014 Three Rivers District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Three Rivers District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Thunder Bay District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Thuringian state election
The 2014 Thuringian state election was held on 14 September 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Thuringia. The government prior to the election was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Christine Lieberknecht. The government narrowly retained its majority. However, the SPD chose not to renew the coalition, instead pursuing an agreement to enter as a junior partner in a coalition with The Left and The Greens. After a vote of the SPD membership showed a majority in favour, the SPD went ahead with the agreement.


2014 Thuringian state election
On 5 December the red-red-green coalition, led by The Left's Bodo Ramelow, was elected by the Landtag with 46 out of 91 votes. This was the first time in its history that The Left had become the leading party of a governing coalition in Germany. Ramelow became The Left's first ever head of a state government.


2014 Thuringian state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Thuringia.


2014 Thuringian state election, Outcome
While the incumbent grand coalition narrowly retained its majority, both parties underperformed expectations. This was especially true for the SPD, which recorded a result worse than it had polled at any point during the preceding five-year parliamentary term. For this reason, the SPD leadership decided to leave the coalition and seek other options. The most clear choice was a "red-red-green coalition" with The Left and Greens. Though this arrangement had successfully governed other states in the past, such a government had always been led by the SPD.


2014 Thuringian state election, Outcome
Due to the dominance of The Left in Thuringia, however, the only viable option would be a government headed by Bodo Ramelow, leader of The Left. This was a highly controversial prospect due to the party's status as the successor of the Socialist Unity Party, the former ruling party of East Germany. Nonetheless, the SPD pursued the option. They resolved to seek approval from their party membership before signing any agreements, however, and held among the party membership for this purpose; 69.9% were in favour. The SPD therefore moved ahead with plans.


2014 Thuringian state election, Outcome
On 4 December, Ramelow was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on the second ballot, with a bare majority of 46 votes out of 91. Prior to the vote, thousands assembled outside the Landtag to protest the investiture of the government. Former East German dissidents were among the demonstrators, with some shouting "Stasi out!" and "The Social Democrats have betrayed us".


2014 Thurrock Council election
Elections to Thurrock Council were held on 22 May 2014. The result saw the council change from Labour to no overall control. The UK Independence Party gained five seats, three from the Conservatives and two from Labour. Of the 16 wards contested, six were won by Labour, five by UKIP and five by the Conservatives.


2014 Thurrock Council election
Following the election, Labour continued in government, but in a minority administration.


2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park
The 2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000+H (ATP) and $25,000 (ITF) in prize money. It took place in Tianjin, China, the men's event took place from 16 to 22 June 2014 while the women's event took place from 19 to 25 May 2014.


2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park – Men's Singles
This was the first and last edition of the men's tennis tournament.


2014 Tianjin Health Industry Park – Men's Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the title, defeating Alexander Kudryavtsev in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5.


2014 Tianjin Open
The 2014 Tianjin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 6 and 12 October 2014.


2014 Tianjin Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 Tianjin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Tianjin Open – Doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in the final, 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8].


2014 Tianjin Open – Singles
Alison Riske won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2014 Tiburon Challenger
The 2014 Tiburon Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tiburon, United States between 4 and 10 October 2014.


2014 Tiburon Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Tiburon Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry with a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2014 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Rhyne Williams were the defending champions, but they did not compete.


2014 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles
Bradley Klahn and Adil Shamasdin won the title by defeating Carsten Ball and Matt Reid 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2014 Tiburon Challenger – Singles
Peter Polansky was the defending champion, but withdrew because of an elbow injury.


2014 Tiburon Challenger – Singles
Sam Querrey won the title, defeating John Millman in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open
The 2014 Tilia Slovenia Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Portorož, Slovenia between 7 and 14 July 2014.


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles
Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić were the defending champions but chose not to compete.


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles
Sergey Betov and Alexander Bury won the tournament, beating Ilija Bozoljac and Flavio Cipolla 6–0, 6–3


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open – Singles
Grega Žemlja was the defending champion but chose not to compete.


2014 Tilia Slovenia Open – Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the tournament, beating Gilles Müller 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–1


2014 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2014 Tim Hortons Brier was held from March 1 to 9 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia.


2014 Tim Hortons Brier
Unlike previous years, the winner of this year's Brier will now automatically qualify for the 2015 Brier as Team Canada, similarly to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Kevin KoeThird: Pat SimmonsSecond: Carter RycroftLead: Nolan ThiessenAlternate: Jamie King


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Fourth: Jim CotterSkip: John MorrisSecond: Tyrel GriffithLead: Rick SawatskyAlternate: Jody Epp


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jeff StoughtonThird: Jon MeadSecond: Mark NicholsLead: Reid CarruthersAlternate: Garth Smith


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : James GrattanThird: Jason RoachSecond: Darren RoachLead: Josh BarryAlternate: Andy McCann


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad GushueThird: Brett GallantSecond: Adam CaseyLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Jamie Korab


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jeff CurrieThird: Mike McCarvilleSecond: Colin KoivulaLead: Jamie ChildsAlternate: Joe Scharf


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jamie MurphyThird: Jordan PinderSecond: Mike BardsleyLead: Donald McDermaidAlternate: Mark Kehoe


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Greg BalsdonThird: Mark BiceSecond: Tyler MorganLead: Jamie FarnellAlternate: Steve Bice


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Eddie MacKenzieThird: Anson CarmodySecond: Tyler MacKenzieLead: Sean LedgerwoodAlternate: Phil Gorveatt


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jean-Michel MénardThird: Martin CrêteSecond: Éric SylvainLead: Philippe MénardAlternate: Pierre Charette


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Steve LaycockThird: Kirk MuyresSecond: Colton FlaschLead: Dallan MuyresAlternate: Matt Lang


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jamie KoeThird: Kevin WhiteheadSecond: Brad ChorostkowskiLead: Robert BordenAlternate: Greg Skauge


2014 Tim Hortons Brier, Relegation
Two member associations will be relegated to a pre-qualifier tournament at the beginning of the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier. The two teams with the lowest combined record from the previous three years will join the Yukon and Nunavut in the 2015 qualifying round with one team advancing to the Brier round robin.


2014 Timiskaming District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Timiskaming District of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Timiskaming District municipal elections, Chamberlain
No election was held for reeve. The matter will be decided by council in December.


2014 Timiskaming District municipal elections, Latchford
Latchford had the highest turnout of any municipality in the province at 86.63%.


2014 Tinkoff–Saxo season
The 2014 season for Tinkoff–Saxo began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 Tinkoff–Saxo season
Oleg Tinkov bought Saxo–Tinkoff from Bjarne Riis and will be the main sponsor for the squad for the next three years. The team will be known as Tinkoff-Saxo in 2014 with Danish Saxo Bank becoming the second sponsor.


2014 Tippeligaen
The 2014 Tippeligaen was the 70th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 28 March 2014, two weeks later than in the previous season. A three-week summer-break in June was scheduled due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the decisive match was played on 9 November 2014. Strømsgodset were the defending champions. Bodø/Glimt and Stabæk joined as the promoted clubs from the 2013 1. divisjon. They replaced Tromsø and Hønefoss who were relegated to the 2014 1. divisjon.


2014 Tippeligaen
Molde won their third title, with four matches to spare following a 2–1 away win against Viking on 4 October 2014. The team broke the record for most points (71) and most wins (22).


2014 Tippeligaen, Overview, Summary
On 4 October, Molde were confirmed as league champions following their 2–1 away win against Viking in the 26th round. They won their third title. On 2 November, in the penultimate round of the season, Sandnes Ulf were the first team to be relegated to the 1. divisjon when they gave away a 3–1 lead in stoppage time and drew 3–3 away to Start. On the final day, Sogndal were relegated and Brann qualified for the relegation play-offs. On 26 November, Brann were the third team to be relegated after losing the play-offs 4–1 on aggregate against Mjøndalen.