Election Commission Endorses Constituency MPs

BANGKOK, May 7 (TNA) – The Election Commission has endorsed 349 constituency MPs while the results of party-list MPs are expected to be announced tomorrow. The remaining one, constituency 8 in Chiang Mai province will rerun the election on May 26 after the EC disqualified the winning Pheu Thai Party candidate for violating the election law by donating money to a monk. Surapol Kietchaiyakorn of Pheu Thai is banned from politics for one year. Meanwhile, the EC plans to approve the party-list MPs on Wednesday afternoon, waiting for the ruling of the Constituency Court on the constitutionality of the EC’s formula to calculate party-list MPs for political parties. The ruling is expected on Wednesday morning. The Ombudsman earlier asked the court to rule if the calculation formula in Section 128 of the organic law on the election of MPs contradicts Section 91 of the constitution or not. (TNA)