A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Bangkok on March 24 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’sElection Commission (EC) is set to announce 95 percent of the official electionresults on May 7-8, according to the local media.
EC Chairman Ittiporn Boonprakongchaired a special meeting of the commission on May 5 to review a number ofpetitions related to the March 24 general election. Another meeting is set totake place on May 6 to examine all of the remaining petitions.
The EC has decided to officially unveiledon May 7 the names of at least 95 percent, or 333 members of parliament (MPs), electedfrom 350 constituencies.
It was unclear when the full listwould be announced, although the EC said earlier that it would release the completeresults on May 9. The party-list MPs will be announced on May 8.
In a related move, the EC hasordered a new election in Constituency 8 of Chiang Mai province on May 26 afterSurapol Kiatchaiyakorn of the Pheu Thai Party, who came first in the March 24election, was found guilty of election fraud. The new election will be heldwithout taking new applications, meaning that Pheu Thai will lose the seat.
Thailand’s House ofRepresentatives consists of 500 seats, of which 350 officials are voted acrossconstituencies and 150 others elected from the national party lists under asystem of proportional representation.
The EC’s preliminary results withover 95 percent of votes counted showed that the Palang Pracha Rath party thatsupports Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha won the most popular votesnationwide, followed by the Pheu Thai party.-VNA
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The Election Commission (EC) of Thailand said that outcomes of the April 21 election re-run will not change the results of the general election, which took place on March 24.
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The Ministry of Commerce reported that imports also rose 18% to 29.9 billion USD during the same period, resulting in a trade surplus of 1.1 billion USD. In May alone, Thailand posted a 4.6 billion USD trade surplus with the US and a 4.1 billion USD trade deficit with China.
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A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Bangkok on March 24 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) 
