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EC orders provincial offices to redraw electoral boundaries

EC orders provincial offices to redraw electoral boundaries

Move sparks speculation of early general election

An official calls out votes cast at a polling station in Constituency 9 covering Laksi district and parts of adjacent Chatuchak district in Bangkok on Jan 30. (File photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The Election Commission has instructed its offices in all provinces to prepare to re-demarcate electoral boundaries to accommodate the increased number of MPs under the amended constitution.

The instruction was given in an urgent letter dated Feb 1, signed by EC deputy secretary-general Kittipong Boriboon on behalf of the secretary-general, and sent to all provincial offices.

It has generated speculation of an early general election.

The letter gives the number…

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