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The Election Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday that the Bangkok and Pattaya local administration and council election results will be certified within 30 days from the polling date.

After a nine-year hiatus, Bangkok's governor and council members will be elected on May 22, and here's some background and important information about the elections.

Five political parties each currently having just one or two seats in the lower house of Parliament will discuss in June a possible merger to be able to improve their chances in the next general election after the expected amendment of the party-list electoral system, a party leader said.

The special House committee vetting the MP election bill on Wednesday voted to use different candidacy numbers for constituency and party-list elections.

Politicians were delighted when the Thai military agreed to let them campaign inside the barracks in the run-up to the May 22 Bangkok gubernatorial and city council elections.

Most Thais are against the buying of votes and election candidates throwing banquets and parties to woo voters, a poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) revealed on Sunday.

The first Bangkok governor and council elections in 12 years will be held on May 22, the eighth anniversary of the coup that toppled the Yingluck Shinawatra government.

Both Democrats and Republicans are rapidly losing faith in the integrity of U.S. elections amid growing intensity and polarization of the countrys political life, U.S. magazine Newsweek has reported.

When President Joe Biden came into office, he had three overriding priorities: The first was to tame the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its effects on the economy.

"I have fulfilled my duty to vote. It is a beautiful day, because every time we vote in Argentina, we make democracy a little stronger, and for me, that is very important," said the president after casting his vote in southern Buenos Aires.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "hold up" federal funds to Michigan and Nevada in response to the states' planned use of absentee and mail-in ballots in upcoming elections as a means to mitigate risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

Paitoon Limwattana, spokesperson for the Committee on Local Administration of the Senate, Ministry of Interior, said on Thursday (Oct. 31) that the committee is aware of the Cabinet’s approval for the Election Commission of Thailand to hold local elections nationwide in April and is preparing the budget for these elections.