The Election Commission of Thailand exercises the right to elect the governor of Bangkok. Remind people. If you bring your own pen, it must be blue only. Expect to know the score no later than 3 pm if no complaints Announcement of results as early as 7 days
22 May 65 – at 07.45 at Suan Bua School, Soi Ratchakru, Phayathai District, Mr. Itthiphon Boonprakong, Chairman of the Election Commission (EC), along with Mr. Samran Tanpanich, Director of Elections for Bangkok (Director of Bangkok Election Commission) inspected and observed voting in the election of the governor of Bangkok and members of the Bangkok Council, and inspected the polling station at Suan Bua School, Phayathai District, by instructing the unit committees to act according to the law and to follow the measures. strictly public health To prevent the spread of COVID-19, if any voter is found to have a temperature above 37.5 degrees, polling stations have set up special booths for convenience.
Then Mr. Itthiphon gave an interview that Approximately 16 applications have been filed so far and are undergoing scrutiny. Most of them are in violation of the Act. Election of local council members or local administrators 2019, section 65(5) on slander campaign As for the case where a candidate goes to the Administrative Court that the election is unfair and requests that the election be postponed, Considering that when the Administrative Court has not issued an order, the election is still the same, no change. It is expected that about 70% of the voters will exercise their rights, although the rain will hinder the exercise of their rights. Still believe that it will not rain all day. In addition, when there was no election for the governor of Bangkok and Pattaya for a long time Hopefully the people will be alert and come out to vote in large numbers. and would like to emphasize that there is no need to worry about the spread of COVID-19 because the Director of the Election Commission of Bangkok and the Permanent Secretary of Bangkok has tightened control and organized polling stations according to public health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 But at the polling station, a pen was also provided for convenience. Cleaning is carried out at all times according to guidelines. I would like to emphasize that if you bring your own pen, it must be the blue pen only. Do not bring other colors as this will damage the card.
Mr. Itthiphon said that as for the vote counting, it is expected that the result of the vote counting in front of the polling station will not be later than 19:00, because from the original about 800-1000 voters from each polling station, we reduced the average to average 600 people per polling station to reduce congestion As for the results of the total scores of the Governor of Bangkok and the Sor Kor. A total of 6,817 polling stations will try to collect and announce the results informally no later than 9 p.m. The announcement of the election results will be in accordance with Article 17 paragraph one and the examination paragraph according to the Act. Elections for local council members or local administrators 2019 If preliminary examination reveals that the elections were honest and fair The results can be announced within 30 days, but if there are no complaints, the results can be announced as soon as 7 days.
Then, Mr. Itthiporn exercised his right to vote at polling station 32 at Suan Bua School, Soi Ratchakru No. 220, and traveled to visit and observe the voting at the NBTC office. Phahonyothin Rd.