PATICIPATION IN THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL ADMINSTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE PEOPLE IN CHUENCHOM DISTRICT, MAHASARAKHAM PROVINCE

Abstract

Abstract

This research aimed 1) to study level of participation in an election of the President of Provincial Administrative organization of people in Chuen Chom District, Mahasarakham Province, and 2) to perform comparative study on participation in the election of the President of Provincial Administrative organization of people in Chuen Chom District, Mahasarakham Province. The population included 19,728 people in Chuen Chom District, Mahasarakham Province. According to the Taro Yamane sampling method, there were 400 samples in this research. The key informants were 10 monks, personnel and people in Chuen Chom District, Mahasarakham Province. who were randomly selected with purposive sampling method. A research instrument was a questionnaire and an interview form while statistics employed for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, T-Test and F-Test. Data were analyzed with the statistical package for the social sciences program. Meanwhile, the qualitative research was conducted by analyzing the data with content and contextual analysis technique.

The findings revealed that

1) The behavior of participation in the election of the President of Provincial Administrative organization of people in Chuen Chom District, Mahasarakham Province was generally at high level.

2) The comparative study demonstrated that people with different age, educational background, occupation and average monthly income had distinct level of participation in the election of the President of Provincial Administrative organization with statistical significance at 0.05. Meanwhile, people with different sexes had no dissimilar participation level.