Abstract:
Objectives of this research were to : 1. To study the level of political participation in general elections of the people in kantom sub-district municipality, khun han district, sisaket province 2. To compare the political participation in the general elections of the people in the kantrom sub-district municipality, khun han district, sisaket province classified by personal factors and 3. To study the relationship of political efficacy caused and Aparihāniyadhamma principle of political participation in the general elections of the people in the kanthom sub-district municipality, khun han district, sisaket province. research method using quantitative research collecting research data through questionnaires. a sample of 389 people. the statistics used for data analysis consisted of frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation (SD), hypothesis analysis by t-test, F-test - One way ANOVA and pearson's correlation coefficients statistics.
The research results were found that
1. Context of political participation in the general elections of the people in the kantrom sub-district municipality, khun han district, sisaket province in the field of election operation electoral campaigning and political decision-making at the moderate level in all aspects.
2. When comparing the political participation in the general election of the people, it was found that only age differences made political participation in general elections different.
3. Aparihāniyadhamma principle have a very low positive correlation with political participation in general elections in electoral proceedings and a modestly positive correlation in electoral campaigning and political decisions in addition, there was a low positive relationship in electoral conduct and moderate level with the electoral campaign participation in terms of political decision-making, respectively, electoral campaigning, there was a high positive correlation with political decisionmaking.