BANGKOK, April 8 — A total of 4,781 constituency candidates from 70 political parties have registered to contest in 400 constituencies nationwide in the upcoming May 14 General Election.
In a statement, Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) secretary-general Sawang Boonmee said a total of 67 parties submitted 1,898 names for 100 party-list candidates which will be decided through proportional representation.
“A total of 43 political parties submitted 67 names as prime ministerial candidates in the upcoming election,” he said in a statement.
Boonmee said Bangkok had the highest number of constituency candidates — 498 candidates eyeing 33 constituencies.
The registration for all constituencies and party-list candidates ended on Friday (April 7).
The EC had set May 14 as the polling day while advance polling is on May 7.
— Bernama
