There will be 600,000-700,00 first-time voters accounting for 16% of all eligible voters in the May 22 Bangkok governor election, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
The first-time voters are among 4,374,131 eligible voters in the capital which has a registered population of 5,523,676, said Deputy City Clerk Chalermpol Chotnuchit.
The May 22 poll will set the stage for both the Bangkok governor and city council elections. City Hall will be in charge of organising the voting.
Candidacy registration will open on Thursday at City Hall 2 office and carry on until Monday. The timeline was announced after the cabinet approved the Bangkok governor and city council elections to go head on that date.
Mr Chalermpol said the BMA was fully ready to arrange the last local polls to be held before the government’s term expires in March next year.
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