BANGKOK, Jan 1 – Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) today rejected a request to extend registration for constituency MP candidates for the February 2 general election. But Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, EC member for election administration, said the EC will meet later today to discuss the proposal. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – The first day of registration of constituency candidates for the February 2 general election has been obstructed in six southern provinces, as registration venues were blockaded and surrounded by protesters in the morning, according to the Election Commission (EC). Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, election commissioner for election administration, told a press briefing that […]
Anti-govt protesters withdraw from Thai-Japanese sports stadium, to return tomorrow; PDRC, led by Suthep, shuns caretaker PM’s proposed reform assembly. News source: MCOT
Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said on Rajdamnoen rally stage that protesters would move to rally at the Thai-Japanese Stadium Sunday night ahead of party-list candidate registration there. “If someone hopes to apply as MP candidate, he or she must pass our rally. We will block it [the […]
The opposition Democrat Party is facing a dilemma in having to decide today whether to field candidates in the general election scheduled for February 2 amid calls from within the party to boycott the poll. The most talked-about issue amid the current political impasse has been whether to bring about reforms first or hold the […]
Pheu Thai Party’s key members Monday resolved to nominate ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as the No.1 party list candidate. Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said that this decision means the party would nominate Yingluck as the prime minister, if the party wins the upcoming election. Read more: The Nation
CHIANG MAI, 24 June 2012 (NNT) – The unofficial ballot count for the position of chairperson of Chiang Mai’s Provincial Administration Organization has shown that candidate number 1, Mr. Boonlert Buranupakorn, is in the lead with 199,371 votes. The result was discovered after 46.63% of the ballots had been counted. Mr. Boonchai is far ahead […]
A transgender who ran for a local political position in Nan province on Monday became the first transgender to win a seat. Yonlada or Nok, whose real name is Kirkkong Suanyos, received 3,808 votes while her rival candidate; Pawat Settayawong got 3,659 votes. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
