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The District Chief of Samut Prakan, Somchak Kaewsena, visited the polling station located at the Daan Sam Rong Municipal District to oversee the vote counting process. Overall, everything went smoothly, and he expressed his gratitude to the Samut Prakan residents who exercised their voting rights. As of 10.30pm, the Move Forward Party (MFP) led in all eight districts.

 

However, complications arose in the area of the 8th voting unit, which is in the 5th Samut Prakan constituency situated at Fueng Fah Village 11 Phase 9, Phraeksa Mai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Prakan Province. Four extra ballot papers caused confusion, leading to the Election Commission (EC) having to re-count the votes. A single ballot paper went missing, prompting villagers to claim that the voting cards did not match the scores, with a discrepancy of four votes. Villagers requested officials to recount, but they refused, resulting in a large number of villagers gathering until the Central EC arrived to clarify the situation and conduct a new vote count.

 

At 3.30am today, the unofficial results showed that the MFP’s candidates won all eight constituencies and topped the party list. In Samut Prakan, a total of 857,142 citizens, accounting for 78.91%, exercised their voting rights across 1,438 polling units.

 

In Constituency 1 (100,175 people):

Samut Prakan District:
1st place: Nida Mongkol Sawat, MFP, with 46,383 votes
2nd place: Akanarat Asawa Hem, Palang Pracharath Party, with 21,460 votes
3rd place: Praewpan Puk Pibul, Pheu Thai Party, with 13,889 votes
Party list votes:
1st place: MFP, with 51,613 votes
2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 17,278 votes
3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 13,287 votes

 

In Constituency 2 (99,349 people):
Samut Prakan District:
1st place: Ratchanok Sukprasert, MFP, with 43,435 votes
2nd place: Yongyuth Suwanbutr, Palang Pracharath Party, with 24,725 votes
3rd place: Phinyo Kijleart, Pheu Thai Party, with 18,029 votes
Party list votes:
1st place: MFP, with 53,062 votes
2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 19,986 votes
3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 9,485 votes

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/samut-prakan-election-turmoil-as-officials-refuse-recount-amidst-mismatched-votes-and-cards

 

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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Four extra ballot papers caused confusion, leading to the Election Commission (EC) having to re-count the votes. A single ballot paper went missing, prompting villagers to claim that the voting cards did not match the scores, with a discrepancy of four votes.

Four votes is not going to make much of a difference.

 

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In Constituency 8 (113,255 people):
Bang Bo District and Bang Sao Thong District (Bigger Siri Jorakae Noi Subdistrict):
1st place: Dutayavan Iyamchai, MFP, with 46,539 votes
2nd place: Salil Suk Wat, Pheu Thai Party, with 24,814 votes
3rd place: Krungsri Wilai Sutin Phueak, Palang Pracharath Party, with 24,764 votes
Party list votes:
1st place: MFP, with 60,288 votes
2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 23,591 votes
3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 10,919 votes.

 

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, complications arose in the area of the 8th voting unit, which is in the 5th Samut Prakan constituency situated at Fueng Fah Village 11 Phase 9, Phraeksa Mai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Prakan Province. Four extra ballot papers caused confusion, leading to the Election Commission (EC) having to re-count the votes. A single ballot paper went missing, prompting villagers to claim that the voting cards did not match the scores, with a discrepancy of four votes. Villagers requested officials to recount, but they refused, resulting in a large number of villagers gathering until the Central EC arrived to clarify the situation and conduct a new vote count.

Power to the people... 

Change has come, no more BS

I do not think anyone should be ashamed of who they voted for, I do not see why they do not simply make all voting electronic and you can check your own vote.

They didn’t want the hanging chad issue like Florida some year back..