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Saturday, February 1, 2014

2014 Thailand General Election Sunday Feb 02,2014


The Thailand General Elections are scheduled to be held in Thailand  on Sunday, 2 February 2014,after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked King Bhumibol Adulyadej to dissolve parliament more than a year early.


Following a mass resignation of opposition MPs, on December 09,2013 Yingluck said in a televised address that she had asked the King to dissolve parliament in order to allow the Thai people to resolve the political crisis in the country

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said: "At this stage, when there are many people opposed to the government from many groups, the best way is to give back the power to the Thai people and hold an election, so the Thai people will decide."


Anti-Govt protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said that the protests would continue till their demands are met in forming a "people's council", which would be unelected, as "we have not yet reached our goal. The dissolving of parliament is not our aim."
Anti-government supporters displays a "No vote" sticker and donation for the cause during a march through China Town in Bangkok on Saturday Feb 01,2014



Tha main Opposition Party,Democrat Party decided to boycott the election.
The party's leader, former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, announced the boycott after a meeting with party executives.

"The meeting of party executives and former party lawmakers resolved that the Democrat Party will not send candidates to contest in the February 2, 2014 general election," he said in a press conference
Voters are scheduled to elect a new House of Representatives- the Lower House of the National Assembly (500 Seats)

Amidst boycott controversies and disruptions by the opposition, the Election Commission offered to postpone the election for four months after the Constitutional Court by 7 votes to 1 held that election delay is constitutional.
But, after a conference with the Council of Ministers on Jan 28, the commission said the election will go ahead as scheduled

Early voting for those unable to vote on February 02,2014 began on  January 26,2014

There are an estimated 2 million registered early voters
 


 

National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabutr said: "The situation overall is calm and we haven't received any reports of violence this morning. "The protesters are rallying peacefully to show their opposition to this election."

Voting in 13 of Bangkok's 33 constituencies was disrupted. 37 out of 56 constituencies in the south, where opposition to the government is also strong, suffered disruption. Polling elsewhere in the country was unaffected



Protesters demanding the right to vote 
 

Voters wait in queue to cast ballot for the general election at a polling station in Bangkok on Feb. 2, 2014












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