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	Somchai made this prediction in Pattaya, where the Election Commission (EC) held its first annual seminar with all provincial electoral officials.</div>
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	The Nation</div>

EC predicts polls will be held in Jan 2016

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

EC predicts polls will be held in Jan 2016

The next general elections could likely take place in January 2016, though it could be deferred by two or three months if there is a referendum on the new Constitution, Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn said Friday.

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