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70 parties fielding 4,781 constituency candidates

May 14 election registrations also show 1,898 party-list names and 63 PM candidates

Party constituency candidates and their supporters gather in front of the Thailand-Japan sports centre in Din Daeng district of Bangkok early on Monday, when registration began. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

A total of 4,781 constituency candidates and 1,898 party-list candidates have applied to contest the May 14 election nationwide, with 63 prime ministerial candidates, the Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday.

The contenders represent a total of 70 political parties, the EC said as it released the results of candidate registration that took place from Monday to Friday.

Seventy parties have registered…

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