Urgent : EC endorses 349 constituency seat winners for Lower House

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

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More than five weeks after the country’s first general election in years, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday endorsed 349 successful constituency candidates to sit in the Lower House of Parliament, just one short of the 350 seats contested.

 

The vacant spot is for a constituency in Chiang Mai province that will see a by-election later this month after the March 24 winning candidate was disqualified, said the agency’s deputy secretary-general, Sawang Boonmee.

 

However, not all of the 349 candidates to be seated in the House of Representatives are yet fully in the clear, as Sawang said disqualification remained possible even after they had taken office.

 

Currently, there are some 40 cases being investigated by the EC, involving MP disqualification and electoral fraud. 

 

If found guilty, endorsed MPs could still lose their status and face punishment, the deputy secretary-general stressed.

 

By Thursday, the agency will also reveal the 150 successful party-list MP candidates to make up the remainder of the 500-member chamber, he said.

 

However, the question of the method used for the allocation of party-list seats is still pending in the Constitutional Court.

 

Sawang said the EC had to announce the election results by Thursday, as required by the Constitution. 

 

The electoral agency already has plans for whatever method it might have to use after the Constitutional Court rules on the basis for party-list seat calculation, he said, declining to disclose those plans.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30368983

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-07

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And the winner is.......................????????????????????

Confused to say the least!

 

How can you endorse and then take the endorsement away?

 

If the constitutional court rules for the method they EC) want to use, do the endorsements then change?

Just now, madmitch said:

And the winner is.......................????????????????????

I know. The seats can't be that close, that they can't declare a winner now!

15 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

However, the question of the method used for the allocation of party-list seats is still pending in the Constitutional Court.

 

The electoral agency already has plans for whatever method it might have to use after the Constitutional Court rules on the basis for party-list seat calculation, he said, declining to disclose those plans.

"We have now counted the votes and the one with the most seats are...Up to you. " 

Don't you just love articles without the meat in them. 

 

Will TVF now milk the story with six different threads before we get the figures per party?

7 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Don't you just love articles without the meat in them. 

 

Will TVF now milk the story with six different threads before we get the figures per party?

Yeah kind of hilarious. 

 

Here is the results from b**Post since maybe just sticking to all the crappy ads should have been enough hustling for thaivisa and leave the actual posts alone. 

 

 

"Of all the approved district MPs, 136 are from Pheu Thai, followed by Palang Pracharath (97), Bhumjaithai (39), Democrat (33), Future Forward (30), Chartthaipattana (6), Prachachat (6), Action Coaltion for Thailand (1) and Chartpattana (1)." 

Edited May 7, 20197 yr by Okis

3 minutes ago, Okis said:

Future Forward (30)

Uh-huh, would that be before or after the bans .. I think they may go negative ????

One of the few positives about living here is that there is often something to laugh about, even if it is rather pathetic at the same time.

2 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Uh-huh, would that be before or after the bans .. I think they may go negative ????

First count they got about 70 seats, now less than half of that. preliminary count and final votes should usually only have a diffrence of 0.1-0.5%, but here it is more than 50% ????

Let the rigging continue!

5 minutes ago, Okis said:

First count they got about 70 seats, now less than half of that. preliminary count and final votes should usually only have a diffrence of 0.1-0.5%, but here it is more than 50% ????

Their constituency seat number was always 30 but they anticipated around 40 party list seats based on their overall proportion of the votes. But that was before the rules changed, or might have changed, or might not have changed!!!!!

55 minutes ago, madmitch said:

And the winner is.......................????????????????????

Don't be silly.... article about election results should have the results? Not in This country, this country is special.

54 minutes ago, madmitch said:

And the winner is.......................????????????????????

As usual the junta and its chosen party, the PPRP.

 

That was obvious even before the election farce.

EC endorses 349 candidates but warns not all candidates in the clear

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation 

 

Nation Graphics

 

More than five weeks after the country’s first general election in five years, the Election Commission (EC) yesterday endorsed 349 successful constituency candidates for the House of Representatives, of the 350 seats contested.

 

The vacant spot is for a constituency in Chiang Mai province that will see a rerun of the election later this month after the winning candidate was disqualified, EC deputy secretary-general Sawang Boonmee said.

 

However, not all of the 349 MP candidates are in the clear yet, Sawang said, adding that disqualification remained a possibility even after they enter Parliament.

 

Currently, there are some 40 cases being investigated by the EC, involving electoral fraud, which could lead to disqualification. 

If found guilty, the endorsed MPs would lose their seats and face punishment, he added.

 

Tomorrow, the agency will reveal the 150 successful party-list MP candidates who will make up the rest of the 500-member chamber, he said.

 

However, the dispute over the method the EC will use to calculate party-list seats is still pending a Constitutional Court ruling.

Sawang said the EC has until tomorrow to announce the election results as mandated by the Constitution. 

 

The EC already has chosen the method it will use to calculate the party-list seats once the Constitutional Court issues a ruling, he said, declining to elaborate.

 

Meanwhile, the anti-junta Pheu Thai Party has demanded that the poll agency opt for a method that does not allot seats to smaller parties. 

 

Pheu Thai spokesperson Laddawan Wongsriwong submitted another letter to the EC yesterday, pleading for it to respect the Constitution and use a calculation method that is constitutional. 

 

The method the EC is considering will allocate seats to as many as 27 parties, while Pheu Thai maintains that only 16 parties are eligible for seats in Parliament. 

 

Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul sent the EC a similar message yesterday, insisting that only parties that have won at least 71,000 votes should be eligible for a party-list MP seat. 

 

Piyabutr, a former law professor, said it would be unconstitutional if the EC decides to interpret the law in such a way that seats get allocated to smaller parties who don’t meet the requirement. 

 

The use of this method would come at the expense of Future Forward, which could lose seven seats or some 600,000 votes, he said, adding that his party would sue the EC for negligence of duty if such a situation arises. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30369012

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-08

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FFP was cut down a little bit it looks like. seems a little bit impossible after the numbers they got for votes.

The EC is doing it's level best to make sure their masters end up retaining power. Why the delay? I believe the army lost the election. But, the manipulation continues. 

These results are exactly the same as those issued a day or two after the election with the exception of Pheu Thai whose candidate in Chiangmai was disqualified. So no change there then. The fun will start later today when they announce the "calculated" results!


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Surely sanctions will be enforced from the West after this complete sham?!

1 hour ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Surely sanctions will be enforced from the West after this complete sham?!

Possibly, but like elsewhere in the World, the dreaded CHINESE will bail them out!!

13 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Possibly, but like elsewhere in the World, the dreaded CHINESE will bail them out!!

Not really bail out, they will offer a deal Thais can't refuse and will pay with their independence later.

2 hours ago, graemeaylward said:

These results are exactly the same as those issued a day or two after the election with the exception of Pheu Thai whose candidate in Chiangmai was disqualified. So no change there then. The fun will start later today when they announce the "calculated" results!


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The constitutional court has ruled and will disappoint the EC attempt to bend the law in awarding party list to parties that got little vote. I think there is intervention to thwart the excessiveness of the junta. The constituency seats were the same as on Election Day. They were endorsed and will be MPs. Unprecedented for EC to flash orange or red cards after their endorsement and government formed. 

24 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The constitutional court has ruled and will disappoint the EC attempt to bend the law in awarding party list to parties that got little vote. I think there is intervention to thwart the excessiveness of the junta. The constituency seats were the same as on Election Day. They were endorsed and will be MPs. Unprecedented for EC to flash orange or red cards after their endorsement and government formed. 

Apologize that I misread the court’s verdict . The EC do have the power to award party list to small parties. I was so wrong. 

What are "Party list seats" ?, it's like the "Electoral College" in US ,have

no idea what either means,

regards worgeordie

13 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

FFP was cut down a little bit it looks like. seems a little bit impossible after the numbers they got for votes.

Impossible until one realizes this whole thing is a joke put in place largely to allow Thais to think they elected the government and allow the junta to tell the international community that the peoples rights have been restored.

You pays your money buys your votes and still not everyone is happy how unbelievably ungrateful the people are general????