Thailand election to be held May 14
Thailand’s Election Committee (EC) confirmed today that Thailand’s general election will be held on May 14, 2023. While the vote will be held on May 14, early ballots cast on May 7. Over 52 million people are required to vote.
The election follows Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s dissolution of the House of Representatives, endorsed by His Majesty the King with immediate effect. Now that Parliament has been dissolved, Prime Minister Prayut will focus on his election campaign.
However, a pre-poll survey shows that Prayut is not as popular a prime ministerial candidate as the opposition Phue Thai Party’s leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra On Sunday, nearly 50% said they would vote for the opposition Phue Thai Party while PM Prayut’s United Thai Nation party gained around 12% of the vote in the poll.
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