Court backs EC’s constituency map

The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday ruled in favour of the Election Commission (EC) in a dispute between the poll regulator and four parties who do not agree with the former’s approach to redrawing election constituencies for the May 14 general election.

These four parties had petitioned the court to invalidate the EC’s announcement dated March 16, which concerns the approach it has adopted in rearranging the election constituencies in Bangkok, Sakon Nakhon and Sukhothai, in particular.

These parties are Atavit Suwanpakdee, deputy leader of the Chartpattanakla Party and an election candidate in Bangkok; Phatthana Sapphaso (Pheu Thai), an election candidate in Sakon Nakhon; Wirat Wiriyapong (Democrat), an election candidate in Sukhothai; and Pat Tangbenjapol, a representative of the Democrat Party in Sukhothai.

The court, however, found the EC’s decision to…